Other male lion coalitions from Masai Mara

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(01-17-2023, 12:36 PM)BigLion39 Wrote:

(01-17-2023, 03:10 AM)Ngonya Wrote: Thank you for the update... Also thats really disappointing from Oleopoles, he's my favorite of the 3, I really didn't expect and didn't know about this side of him

Thats just a narrative that person thinks for some reason. That person is well versed in lion dynamics but he isn't always correct. You can watch the video by "Traveling Donkeys" of the situation he is describing but the only problem is Olepelos is not there with Orkitok and Osapuk on video so I'm not sure where the thoughts of Olepelos running from Olbarnoti came from. We clearly see Olbarnoti come and save Ololparpit and then he ends up chasing Osapuk out of the area while Orkitok stays with the lioness and Ololparpit limps following. 
Now this time with the Kijana coalition Olepelos was basically the most uninjured and most mobile Salas Boy. We can see Orkitok up front (with a slight limp from previous injury) and when they turned to head back Olepelos was able to run fastest, Orkitok got caught obviously because of his limp. If we remember Osapuk has a slight bum left back hip too so I would say thats also why he was back behind Olepelos.  So take that thinking with a grain of salt. Olepelos is also mostly the most dominant of the 3 but it is dynamic. We see in video him beating out Osapuk for mating rights and Orkitok not even trying him. Orkitok and Osapuk were usually always the 2 who would be together fighting other males too like we see with Ololparpit.


https://youtu.be/lpUPCQoGKM4

I figured there was something more to this story. From what I know of this coalition and their history, lacking in group loyalty, or confidence, does not come to mind. Reply