Nkuhuma Pride

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(02-15-2023, 08:31 AM)afortich Wrote:

Quote:But in these  incidents  they were with a father that they had an unusually close bond with so they stepped up to help him. It’s unusual but it happened TWICE.

@SMK350 in my humble opinion, what you said above is unusual because normally dominant males oust the subadults. However, it is very likely that if subadults are not ousted, these bonds between father-sons could probably happen more often.

In Kruger it’s a lot more common to see young males stick around. Someone did a post on the Southern Avoca’s son and he’s still with the pride at 3.5, almost 4.

This is just my opinion, but I found dark mane to be highly unusual lion in his level of affection and tolerance towards his cubs/subadults. I really don’t know if most males would have bonded with their sons in the same way. I guess anything is possible, but if I ever see Mohawk grooming his sons I might fall out of my chair in shock lol. Reply