Lions of Sabi Sands

[BA0701]

(09-10-2023, 02:42 AM)KM600 Wrote:

(09-10-2023, 02:29 AM)BA0701 Wrote: Agreed, one question in regards to that situation is who fathered those cubs, and who killed them. We'll obviously never know, but at the time they had been seen mating with different males, and those same males continued to come around on a rotating basis.

Surely there must have been quite a few instances where a male lion(s) has killed offspring they had unknowingly sired. I remember hearing about a Mapogo situation with the Styx Pride when they were with the last Rollercoaster Male, it was said he had for sure fathered the 3 elder cubs at the time, but the last 7 were either his, the Mapogos or a combination. Didn’t follow up with it but I’m guessing the Mapogos ended up killing quite a few if not all of them when they could have very well been their offspring or atleast related to a member of the coalition, obviously the RC male believing they were his wouldn’t have helped the cubs.

For sure, that is exactly what I was referring to with the Xim cubs. They could have been sired by Skorro Jr, or one of the PCMs, and could have been killed by the sire, as we do not know who or what killed them.

I have also read that the two youngest Mapogo were possibly fathered by the Rollercoaster Males, as they were seen mating with their mother in the months prior to having given birth. If true that adds a whole other dimension to the story, making the Rollercoaster Males half brothers to some, and fathers to other Mapogos. Reply