History's most brutal killers, the Majingilane Male Lions

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(07-27-2016, 12:17 PM)Skybed Wrote: very insightful and detailed breakdown of the answers to my questions

Thank you.

Quote:Looking at the pictures, the 3 Mhangeni young males looks capable of surviving on their own i believe. Really looking forward to what these boys got to offer.

They're still too young, and life for young nomadic males is not easy. Take the example of the 3 Talamati males, of which one is already missing. 

So it's a dangerous time for them, but if they manage to survive it and make it to the 4 1/2 age mark, then yes their chances go up a lot.

Quote:I always wondered why the sub adults females are also killed during takeovers because i thought in an evolution standpoint, keeping these females could not only keep the population up but also prevent inbreeding. Unless it is mother nature's way of keeping the population in check.

They are killed when they're still too young to mate. The males can't recognize them as future mates, so it's like the males only see the childs of rival males, not possible mates.

Then when the females start maturing a bit, they are safe because they can mate with the new males, in fact I think some of the subadult females of the Mangheni pride have been mating with the Matimba males. 

Lionesses have it so much easier than their brothers. Reply