Large male Lions (videos only)

[Charan Singh]

(12-19-2014, 04:23 AM)Pckts Wrote: I remember the lion special where a coalition of 4 young intruders prey in the boundries of a dominant fully maned male, before finally attacking, he circled them roaring for a few minutes, two lost their nerve, two remained, only one got into a brief scurmish before being defeated and retreating. I think when a male is by himself, he is obviously going to be less inclined to fight hard unless the intruder gives him no other choice. If he is part of a coalition, he is probably more likely to try and bully since he has others to rely on.

There is no evidence to back this, just an opinion. But examples can be used to contridict this for both lions and tigers, so like usual it probably comes down to one thing....
The individual personality of that particular cat.

I remember that documentary quite well, location was Ngorongoro crater and dark maned lion was called Moran, a single lion reigning a pride.
In fact, statement given in the documentary is exactly the same - single lion would avoid any sort of physical confrontation.  

I have been looking for information about that lion (Moran) because he didn't had any coalition partner and still had a pretty long reign. Reply