Lions of Sabi Sands

[Mapokser]

(12-06-2023, 12:20 AM)Tr1x24 Wrote:

(12-05-2023, 11:21 PM)Mapokser Wrote: They were able to defeat prime dominant males 2v2 in rival territory when they were only 3yo, like they did to Ross and Mapoza males.

Theres only 1 encounter when Mbiris chased the Ross males of a kill, not sure if Ross males where territorial at that time, as i cant remember exact date, i think they where not. Regadless, Ross males and Mbiris didnt battle for territory.

As for Mapoza, they where seen chasing older (i think) Mapoza in 1vs2, but not sure if they battled Mapozas for territory after (not sure what happened to Mapozas tbh).

So overthrowning might be bit of a strech, but yea, they showed great confidence and fearlessnes at 3.5-4 yrs of age, which is rare, especially for only duo.

Definetly one of the most notorius, agressive and fearless duos recently, their only defeat came in 2vs3, and only once seen being chased in equal numbers, both by Nharhus, with who they had numerous fights, Shaka few times even lucky to survive, so its not like they give up without a fight.

Ross were territorial, they are exactly 3 years older than the Mbiris who were 3,5yo, so the Ross were 6,5yo.

They defeated 2 Mapozas at 3,5yo in Mapoza territory, July 2017:

Almost immediately the guides tracked down the Giraffe pride feeding on a buffalo kill very close to Kambaku’s entrance.


After a few short moments’ two fairly new nomadic male lions (Mbiri males) entered the scene assisted by the cloak of early morning darkness and chased the Giraffe pride south away from their kill.

The new nomads had just returned to feed on their stolen prize when something caught their attention from the South, the 2 Mapoza males of the Giraffe pride, approaching with intent to reclaim what was rightfully theirs.
The now already adrenalin and testosterone filled nomads accepted the Mapoza’s challenge with full vigour and successfully chased the resident males off in a cloud of dust and roars!!

Unfortunately in all the chaos, the white lioness found herself caught amidst it all and the target of the new Nomads aggression, a fight she was never equipped to contend with!!

Mbiris also defeated the remaining 2 Trilogy males at that time:


However, despite the war zone area, the Ross Breakaways remained strong on their territory. During this period of time we also had the appearance of Mabande, the Mapoza males, and the lone Sumatra male. They all enjoyed a few mating sessions with the Ross Pride ladies, and a few of them tested the territory of the Trilogy kings; but the Trilogy boys always emerged victorious.


The arrival of the Mbiri male coalition wreaked havoc. The boys sauntered across from the Manyaleti Game Reserve and made it clear that it was their time to shine. They became involved in a few scuffles with the Trilogy and sent them on their way with a few physical scars and wounded pride.

The Mbiri's performance in even numbers against prime males at the age of 3,5yo is unprecedented, I can't recall any other male coming even close to replicate that. The closest I can think is Big Boy Charleston fighting the Sand River male, he did very well, but ended up losing.

And yeah their only defeat in an even fight was against the 2/3 Nharhus, but even then there's context to it, the report says Scar was limping from one of his hindlimbs, so either he was initially caught alone or he was already limping when they met the Nharhus, so it's not like it was 100% fair. Not taking the merit away from the Nhahrus, they were extremely strong, even the limping brother proved to be when nobody expected anything from him, but I wanted to give the context on Scar's condition at the time. Reply