The Mighty Mapogos

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(05-05-2022, 01:15 AM)Gabriele Wrote:

The majingilane 'who then made history' could have intervened in defense of their leader. They didn't, yet they were close by. The 5th was defending himself well, despite being young and alone inflicted several wounds on mr. T and above all to KT who limped conspicuously after the fight. In fact, the skull of the young 5th Majingi was much larger than that of Kinky Tail, he would have become a very large lion, perhaps like Makulu. However, his brothers were not Mapogos. I don't think the 5 Mapogo would have left Big Mak to be slaughtered by two lions alone, although this never happened, although Mak often patrolled alone. The question is cleared too easily by citing behaviors that we cannot understand, simply 'the wild'. I don't think so, there are behaviors that transcend simple nature, and that's why these animals fascinate men. I can't like Maginjilane. It is not only for brutally killing Shaka, Mr. T was also killed, albeit in a more 'traditional' way by the Selatis, but it is all their behavior, cowardly and cowardly that they have always shown, since their entry on the scene, until their end. When they didn't save the big brother, and they had the chance, when they always separated the other lions to attack them as a group, and never once they accepted a fight, I won't say 4vs4, but not even 2vs4, or 1vs4 or nothing, not even when they had to kill sub-adults.

5th was indeed bigger than KT, but it only looked "much" bigger because a good portion of Shaka's skull was lost.

Also, just like humans, lions may gain and lose muscular mass depending on how much they're eating, but 5th wouldn't have grown a single inch anymore, lions stop growing around 3-4 years, only their mane continues to grow and the Majingilanes had full manes by december of that same year since it was when we got pictures of them killing a hyena.

I won't call any lion a coward though, I'd bet even the least brave lion is much braver than the bravest human.

It's true that they had no fair fights* but 2 of them chased 2 BBoys once. That, however, only matters for a "cool factor" from a human perspective which I guess is fine, but the fact the Majingilane were so smart and good at ganging at other lions should be admired instead, it just shows how overall good they were as lions.

Of course I'd rather not have Shaka dying that night and in that way, but it is what it is. He went down like a legend who charged and chased 4 males by himself while carrying injuries.

*I do recall that from reports and the injuries seen after the fight, that it's very likely ( if not confirmed ) that Dark Mane Majingilane fought with Hairy Belly Matimba in feb 2016 ( I recall that in the post-fight they were only 300 meters from each other and Ginger was many kms away and had no recent injuries ), however HB was for sure chased by one or two other Majingilane who went to help their brother. So although it didn't ended up as what we'd call fair, they did fought 1v1 regardless unless you assume HB fought 2-3 lions from the beginning and was still able to whoop DM and give scratches to the others, while leaving without serious injuries, which I'm sure we can discard as unrealistic or downright absurd.

From the injuries, it was clear DM left that fight far worse than the Matimba male but considering how big HB was and the fact he was a bit younger, it's no surprise at all. Reply