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(08-09-2016, 12:55 AM)Pckts Wrote: "Tsalala male lion Solo and Toulon male lying just a few meters away from each other!!!!!"
Are these two males of the same coalition or different, if different are they related somehow?
They are not related.
The Toulon male is the last of a coalition of three, while the Tsalala male is a lone male, who spent most of his life alone, I don't remember if he was the only male of the pride or if his brothers were killed by the Mapogos.
The Tsalala male had formed a coalition with one of the Sparta males, called Cleo(not a son of the Majingilane, but older) and the Selati males killed this male some time ago, I think it was 2013.
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So then Solo was alone again and interestingly, he ended up teaming up with a former rival, the Kruger male that was now also alone. It was something unseen, almost imposible to believe and yet it was real. The two rivals were now brothers.
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So they were together until they wandered into the Charleston males territory and a fight ensued, in earlier pages you can read about this. The Kruger male died of his injuries, and Solo was alone again.
Now that the Dominant Toulon was killed some weeks ago by the Mhantinmale males, the Shy Toulon is also alone.
So what I think it has happened, or that it might happen, is that both males recognize that being older and alone is a dangerous thing, so they understand it's in their best interest to get together in a coalition.
I don't know if they will stay together or not, but it's always fascinating to see.