The Matimba coalition

[RookiePundit]

I don't have high hopes for Hairy Belly rejoining with the Ottawa youngsters, or rather I have doubts about if he can be useful for them. I can see them not chasing each other from carcasses and rubbing heads if they find each other, but we don't even know if they would look for him and all should keep low profile and not callling at this poing. We don't  how HB feeds himself, how mobile he is and whether he can still hunt a bit, he might be lacking speed and/or power necessary and might be mostly scavenger by know. He could still be help numbers in roaring, but the sub-adults are too young to try to take over a territory and not confident enough yet to start roaring. As the oldest of them, the "Prince Ottawa" needs to wait for his brothers to grow, otherwise he is alone, they are some time from that, time Hairy Belly most likely won't have to be even around when those 3 would be ready to something other than surviving be keeping low profile (or 4, their sister could hopefully be accepted back into the pride, the closer to mating age, the more Tumbelas would like her). They can wonder into any nomadic individuals meanwhile, even if they stay put between Ottawa and Mhangenis, with unpredictable results, who knows what will happen, really. Just hoping they would not catch mange. Reply