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(11-18-2022, 10:17 PM)Mapokser Wrote: But anyway it's true that it wouldn't be a difficult fight and HB was much younger than the others, I was mostly interested by such a young male showing territorial behavior and already having a territory.
Well, older males dont wait their younger brothers to come to an age to start challenging territorial males, they do it and younger males either follow them or split.
Also, younger males feel much more confident near bigger, older and confident brothers (remember 6 Vurhamis , some of them where younger then the rest, like Mbilu compared to Mo, and where not even 4 yrs old when they challenged Mjejanes).
Young coalition of bigger numbers will usually start to challenge for territory sooner then smaller coalitions.
That being said, i dont think that age difference between oldest (except Ndunha), prob Slit Nose, and youngest, HB, was more then half a year to few months apart.
Yeah, though it's a shame things turned out so horribly to the Vurhamis, they lacked experience, I think if one of the six was even older and and wiser like Makhulu and Ndhuna their story would be different. As for the age difference, It does seem to be around half a year which is almost nothing when they get older, but when they are young I think it's fair to say it's a big difference. Isn't that the reason the Avocas were split? 2 were a few months older and got kicked out first. In young males a few months can make a huge difference in maturity.