History's most brutal killers, the Majingilane Male Lions

[Tshokwane]

Something has changed in the last days. Maybe it's the constant roaring of both the Fourways and Styx males, but it's clear that the Majingilane males are not ready to give up their territory.
Until now, they were doing(in my opinion) a pretty good job staying together, consolidating their "new" territory taken from the Selati males and the eastern part of the territory, around londolozi, was left out. This allowed the Styx males, who were coming of age, to start gaining confidence and start roaring their new dominance over the Sparta pride. Then came into the picture the Fourways males(like the Styx, also sons of the Majingilane). This are older males and soon they were roaring all over the place and mating with one of the Breakaway females.
I thought the Majingilane were going to let it go, play it safe and keep a maybe smaller territory, but also easier to defend.
But they are male lions. And this is their territory.

One of the Styx males running, with his fathers on his tail.

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Scar Nose chasing his sons

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Hip Scar

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I think this new move is the beginning of a change in the lion dynamics. A part of me would prefer the Majingilane staying in the west, staying together. They are a little bit older now(around 10 years old) and their territory is so huge that they have no choice but to split to be able to cover it and patrol it. They are smart cats, so maybe they will patrol two and two instead of doing it alone, but the truth is that if one of them is caught alone...it will be a blood bath.
But they are the kings now and no one, young sons or not, will take what is theirs by right without a fight.
This is the life of a male lion. Live by the sword, Die by the sword.

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