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(03-31-2022, 01:24 PM)Duco Ndona Wrote: I never said its impossible. But to deny it doesnt complicate things and suggesting its just as easy as protecting one pride is really burrying the head in the sand.
Its not as easy as protecting 1 pride, but no 4 male coalition will control only 1 pride, especially as they already have 2 prides with cubs and no mating females. I named you all recent coalitions in Sabi Sands who controled multiple prides and some had even bigger territory then N'ws, those coalitions where also spread thru prides, thats how those coalitions work and thats the whole point of a coalition, to be able to control more prides and larger territory.
So saying that N'ws are doing something wrong, that they are spread or idk, is false. They behave like every other bigger coalition behaves.
(03-31-2022, 01:24 PM)Duco Ndona Wrote: Afteral, this is the third group in a short time that is exploiting the fact that except for Gore, the Nwaswitshakas are spending more time at the Kambulas now. And the third conflict between them and other lions
3rd gruop and conflict? Gore's encounter with nomadic DM at the carcass is hardly a conflict, and idk about any other conflict until this.
Even before N'ws pushed north, nomads like Styx and Nkuhuma, PC boys, Othawa boys and Kambula boys where often seen hanging in and near their territory.
Theres no coalition who can keep their territory clean from nomads and intruders 24/7, as these nomads keep low profile and dominant males dont even know they are there, unless they found their scent or directly see them. These youngsters made some noise and N'ws responded immidiately.
Males are not patroling 24/7 in search for intruders, they actually have others stuff to do like mating, hunting, eating and sleeping.
True, but those groups typically kept their head low. What we are seeing now is them being openly harassed by such groups. What these nomadic lions saw is that until yesterday, it was mostly a lone male guarding in the region. And they took their chances.