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(03-22-2024, 06:22 PM)T_Ferguson Wrote: So.. The Kambula boys have permitted both NK and S. Avoca to hang with them for periods? I guess that is interesting. I wonder how that will work for their sister.
Its nothing unusual that nomads share kills with other nomads.
In some cases, even territorial males share kills with other nomads/territorial males.
Sometimes food is 1st priority.
As for pot coalition, NK males was in the past year with 3 different parties and didnt stick with neither, so prob will not this time either.
NK must be most friendly lion ever hehe.
You bite your tongue... My dear departed Spearboy was the most friendly lion ever. hahaha
? Do we know for sure that SB is for sure gone, or has he just not been seen in some time? If just not seen, then while it is likely he is gone, given his condition and the area he was in and the attacks he suffered there, he has been gone for extended lengths of time before.
NK, I believe is the closest thing we've had to Jessie in Sabi Sands, in a long time. He isn't at all a crabby male, like Tyson Ross, he just seems to enjoy doing things his own way, on his own clock, and that doesn't seem to fit well with being in a coalition. For a really long time, since Big Boy, I have wanted nothing more than for him to find a friend, or group, to hang with permanently, and it never happens. SYM, and then Nhenha are the closest he's come, and Nhenha and he just seemed to constantly butt heads at meal time, over females, you name it. I think one of his biggest issues is, due to being alone for so long, his first instinct is to flee when confronted with danger, and when you have a partner you should be counted on to stand and fight. He's also had horrible luck, we'll never know exactly who bit Styx male, the Manghenis or NK, but in either case I do not believe the intent was what happened.
We don't know for sure, we likely won't ever know what happened to SpearBoy. Yes, there is a part of me that is so hopeful he just appears this summer and is around for a few weeks, but the reality is, he didn't look great in his last go round and was stepping into some dangerous situations, and like many in that region the temptation of easy cattle prey is too good. When we lost Loonkito, I just figured I should stop hoping for my SpearBoy.
NK = Jessie is a really great analogy. And yes, it's tough for a lot of these solo males that have been solo for so long. I would guess NK and Skorro, and Orpen, will likely be solo for their total lives. We can probably now add Young Avoca to that list as well.