Lions of Sabi Sands

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(10-05-2021, 01:42 AM)Tr1x24 Wrote:

(10-05-2021, 01:08 AM)Duco Ndona Wrote: A big enough pride of 4 lionesses can outright kill a male lion. They probably need less to wound him to die later or when the target is still young an unexperienced like we saw with Sym.
The Mhangeni definitely have the numbers to pull it off. Probably with even more ease than Nym. But the stakes would have to be higher than just a squabble over a kill. 

I think the mysterious part is what role Nym had in the whole affair. 

The two should have been strong enough to take the pride if they had each others back. But ultimately, they didn't.
Perhaps Sym insisted in going after a cub and Nym was the wiser one to stay out of a bad fight. Or Nym just abandoned him when things got heated. 
It does not help his reputation that he also refused to form a coalition with Big Boy Mhangeni a few years prior. But then again, he may have had a good reason back then too

I think you are looking too much into it, as @Tonpa said, it was just unlucky bite, lions have scraps like that over kills on daily basis.

This was prob similar situation to this, but unfortunetly he got bitten from behind which was fatal:

The measure of a lioness claw has a size of 1,6 up to 1,8 m. Thus, If the Mangheni females have reacted in the way of protect their cubs, A claw of 1,6 to 1,8 could nicked an artery without a problems. Reply