The Matimba coalition

[Georgel]

(10-27-2016, 07:29 PM)Majingilane Wrote:

(10-27-2016, 04:17 PM)Georgel Wrote: I never heard of Dark Mane Majingilane badly injured by the Matimbas.

That is because it didn't happen. There was no physical confrontation. If you keep reading the blog's updates, you will see that there's a couple of mentions of the Matimba males, and then they keep seeing the Majingilane males, who obviously came back to ensure the dominance over the area, and then the mentions of the Matimbas stop.

Quote:we can assume that the Majingilanes left some areas because they had to, pushed out by other coalitions, not because they get bored by the lionesses of some prides.

More than "pushed out" it may be "pressured". But they weren't pushed out by the Matimbas, certainly.

When they lost interest on the Styx pride and stayed south with the other prides, it wasn't the Matimbas who became dominant over this pride, but the Nkuhuma males.

Matimbas pushed the Majingilanes south
Mala Mala report, August 2011

"They have been spending less and less time in the northern parts of the Mlowathi, which at the beginning of the year was where we’d always find them. This could be due to them spending most of the month with the Eyrefield pride, but it’s more likely due to pressure coming from the north in the form of six young males. Reports are that these males are about 18 months younger and looking for territory. There have been a few skirmishes between the two coalitions already, and it looks like the lines have been drawn along our northern boundary. It is going to be interesting to see what happens in the next few months, and where that is going to leave the prides."

http://www.malamala.com/wp-content/uploa...t-2011.pdf Reply