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09-18-2023, 08:05 PM( This post was last modified: 09-18-2023, 08:07 PM by Cath2020 )
Those 2-2.5 year old leftover subs, male or female, better run and run far and wide! The 5 Nkhulus mean serious killing business. They've been killing the Sand River Pride in different moments since trying to take it over. There were originally 6 subs just barely 2 years old from the June/July 2021 litters, so they just might be old enough to fend for themselves if they stick together. There is an older male, I think he was seen on his own in one footage, very skittish of the jeep he passed.
I hated what happened to that lone cub, yet I knew it was only a matter of time....what with so many males trying to take over, plus not being able to outrun adult lions at under a year old! Still never gets easy to see. I guess he was the last impediment to the remaining older lioness maybe coming into heat much sooner since he was only 9-10 months. His only hope would have been sheer luck and the ability to hide if the pride gets found. No hope with an ambush and zero protection from his sires.