Lions of Sabi Sands

[Chris]

(06-17-2018, 03:29 PM)Leroy Wrote:

(06-17-2018, 10:04 AM)Chris Wrote:

(06-17-2018, 08:35 AM)Leroy Wrote:

(06-14-2018, 05:59 PM)Tshokwane Wrote:

(06-14-2018, 03:27 PM)Leroy Wrote: These othawa cubs are the last cubs the majingilanes sired? the sub adult was obviously earlier but he's majingilane too right? It's impossible to even speculate the father isn't it? could of been any one of the majingilanes.  The mhangeni sub adults are majingilane sired too right?

Yes to all of it, except maybe about the father. To me he looks like either Golden mane or Hip scar, he definitely has HS eyes.

(06-14-2018, 03:27 PM)Leroy Wrote: this othawa sub adult is now on his own, his chances surely must be slim with HB and Ginger in the vicinity?

Yes, which is why I hope he gets expelled so he can find brothers to form a coalition.

(06-14-2018, 08:05 AM)Chris Wrote: And there’s no way the Ottawa females can trick the matimbas that those cubs are theirs when really they’re not?

They have never mated with the mother of the cubs, only with the other lioness. 
Chances there always are, nature's fairly unpredictable after all, but those are slim chances anyway, especially because of their age. They're too small to even be able to keep up should the mothers decide to move off to keep them alive, which is something lioneses sometimes do.

Thanks for clarifying, on closer inspection, he does have the same colour of eyes as HS.  I hope he pulls through, is there anyone that he could team up with? join the mhangenis?

The mhangenis males is the likely coalition he can join, he’s older than them and in my eyes it would kinda be like makulu and the mapogos, he was the oldest in the coalition and the dominant one and he led the coalition, the same can be for the Ottawa male if he join the mhangenis.

Yeah, very similar to makhulu when he joined the mapogos.  The problem would be finding the manghenis? how would you find them given the manghenis are young and probably not roaring? these manghenis surely won't stay together though eh? the manghenis are still sub adult and have a long way to go until being expelled, even still, 8 of them peeling off and forming coalitions is going to be very interesting.  You think the manghenis will survive? I hope othawa holds out.  He is apparently nomadic now isn't he?

The mhangheni males are relatively close to the Ottawa male righ? @Tshokwane Reply