The Mighty Mapogos

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(12-09-2023, 10:19 AM)Ttimemarti Wrote: Wait wait I don’t think any lion had a darker mane than makhuku literally saw a photo of him and his entire mane was just about black I believe when he was older and males that have big manes usually mean they haven’t done much fighting look at the othawa male his mane was beautiful and huge he didn’t fight anyone until he was killed RIP king othawa Most of the time

Even in the above photos his mane is quite dark but they tend to get even darker as they age hence Makhulu’s mane looking that dark when he was around 13. The size of the mane seems to be just solely genetics based, they usually test how active a fighter lions are by their wounds, more damage to their face specifically means they’ve been in more fights hence the names that come around like Pretty Boy or Scar and so on. There’s definitely been males with manes just as dark either in KNP such as the older male accompanying the elder Kambula males or even Dark Mane Fourways from just what I’ve seen but no doubt there’s way more all over Africa. Reply