Nkuhuma Pride

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(02-13-2023, 09:20 PM)Mapokser Wrote: @Tr1x24 I wasn't talking about patrolling nor anything, I very specifically said sons and prides aren't coalition partners. I was talking about Mohawk staying close to the pride and bonding with his son so when BDM meets him, the pride may back him up if he attacks.

The notion that he can keep patrolling, roaring and scent marking the territory as a full dominant male is impossible, I'm barely talking about holding the line for longer until his cubs have a better chance to make it.

Besides the oldest male is past the time of getting chased off, only reason he wasn't is because Mohawk is in such a weak position that he has many more urgent issues than kicking out his son. Same happened with DM and many other lions, sons will be chased off much earlier by a strong and solid coalition, a strong and stable coalition won't allow 4yo sons to stay, but a weak and vulnerable coalition will neglect this job as they will be much more worried in keeping the thin hold on their territory and see chasing out a son as unnecessary conflict, as well as seeing them as potential assets.

Each month that passes, the more potentially useful the oldest male will be to Mohawk.

No offense but I don’t think you have the faintest notion how the dynamics of the Nkuhuma pride work. The subadults are a splinter group that are welcome to wander their father’s territory because they are family and don’t need to be pushed out when they are still submissive and staying out of the way. The youngest son is barely 3 years old and nowhere ready to be nomadic. Using your logic all these males would have been pushed out last year and left to die. Maybe there are coalitions like that but they certainly aren’t successful. Even the Kambula young were allowed to stay as long as their fathers were in power because they splintered off and minded their own business. 

Using your logic, the Ross males are the weakest collation know to man because they allowed over a DOZEN offspring of the Giraffe males to grow up in their territory and many times they were sighted right alongside the Ross males cubs! In that case, yes they didn’t do their duty but it also goes to show coalitions don’t all behave the same way. And showing tolerance to your own offspring is actually a good trait to ensure the survival of the next generation. 

Ridge Noses son isn’t going to team up with Mohawk. Their relationship isn’t close like dark mane’s was with the Talamatis. Mohawk will hold the pride for as long as he can, on his own, as he has done for three months since Blondie died. His daughters are of age to mate with new males and when that time comes he will hand the baton off to new males, and as a still healthy 10 year old male move on. And his sons/nephews will go off on their own too, not likely with Mohawk though. Reply