Lions of Sabi Sands

[Cath2020]

(10-26-2023, 10:18 PM)Mapokser Wrote: I honestly don't see a sucessful future for the Southern BDM, at least in that area.

They are clearly below average in strength and it shows, after more than a year in the north, facing low competition ( solo Mohawk and solo S8 ), they haven't accomplish anything, Ndhzengas are an even competition 2v2 but they shouldn't even be troubling the BDM, Ndhzengas have a huge territory already and it's 2v2, they probably only "pressure" BDM because they sense BDM aren't very strong, they don't try the same with Gijimas and PCM.

They failed to come even close of getting a pride despite plenty of females being around to be taken, and the only fertile female they got lost their cubs immediately and seemingly returned to the NK pride.

They couldn't properly oust Mohawk or his sons, didn't put any effort in ousting S8, and couldn't accomplish anything in Londolozi... They missed some key chances of eliminating Mohawk, S8 and the bigger Ndhzenga, but even when they caught some of them, they didn't do any meaningful damage. Now the Ndhzengas caught the stronger BDM and might have done significant damage.

That's a bit harsh, no?  There are only 2 and they are quite young.  I think that duos are almost not favored by largish prides anymore because the females might feel that they bring no stability or strength.... With the high prey density in the area, prides and coalitions tend to be large and that is what is preferred; however, the BDMs were seen mating with more than one lioness, but didn't the NK pride have young subs to protect?  Some of them could have already been lost in the shuffle when the BDMs started patrolling the area.  The lionesses could have just been wary and evasive.  This doesn't mean that they would have avoided them forever.  Slow takeovers take a long time.  Now that one male is missing and the other injured, this changes their future somewhat, if the other male is indeed permanently gone.  I hope not as I do like this pair, but the area is very competitive and unstable.  If this OE Male can recover and lay low for awhile, he might turn out fine.  He didn't have a bad leg already before he was attacked, unlike Ubusu.  If his partner is gone, well, he at least has several choice nomadic males he could bond with.  The problem could have been that he was caught alone, it seems.  So, the pair made the  mistake of not patrolling together and maybe both got caught alone, one being injured, the other running away/or dead.  Unless the official information comes out that they were together, we just don't know.... Reply