Lions of Sabi Sands

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@Tr1x24 the average male lion is much bigger than females, the smaller Ndhzenga is much smaller than his brother who is is at best as big as the females, but bulkier. Londolozi has said all the females are bigger than him. It's very safe to say he is one of the smallest lions. Even males considered average like Tumbela and Mohawk are easily larger than the females. Ndhzengas were hardly even bigger than the Southern and Styx females according to the photographers.


Being territorial doesn't mean much when they have no pride to speak of. I think we can agree the success of lions are defined by the amount of offspring they raise, yes? Being territorial for a year in an area with low competition and lots of females to try to take over but still not managing to get a single pride is definitely a bummer.


Ndhzengas were chased by Bboys in april 2020. In december 2019 the oldest had a borderline full mane and the second oldest was said by yourself to be around the same age. By april 2020 the two youngest were probably close to 5, and the two oldest over 5.

I mean here the Ndhzengas in October 2019:

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Most males around 5 don't look nearly as much developed.

2 nomadic Gijimas with one barely over 4 ran from 2 prime Ndhzengas while a third injured Ndhzenga was roaring at them after the fight. How does this compare to four 5yo Ndhzengas running from 2 Birminghams?

I'm not contradicting myself, not all cases of dominant males chasing nomads is the same.

Back to BDM, you make lots of assumptions to how the prides could avoid the BDM when the reality is that there are many females close by but they failed to acquire any pride, something almost every single territorial made manages to, and they don't take 1 entire year as territorial to do that.

Nomadic males roam huge areas, always changing territory, Nkuhumas, a big pride, are allowed to roam though BDM territory and live in their original territory just north of them without basically any pressure. The few occasions the BDM interacted with them, they barely gave any trouble. When they chased Talamatis Breakaway too, they showed no interest in putting any pressure, they just got the food and chilled.

Gijimas had a proper pride, the subs started mating with them very quickly, not the same scenario as BDM, and the Styx lost half their subs in their nomadic life. Reply