The Birmingham Males

[Tshokwane]

The last few weeks have shown us the chaos that comes in a established territory with the arrival of new males. And it is very interesting.
I started reading about lions only since the last year, with the Majingilane males already in their forth year of reign and, while I did read what happened when they took over the territory from the Mlowathi males, Kinky tail and Mr.T, it is a very different things to be able to witness it almost first hand, with daily updates of what is happening, like we can do with the Birmingham males.
For the size of their coalition I suspected they could be a real force when they grew a little bit, but since the new thread of "Lions of Sabi sands" I saw no reason to start yet another thread for these males, it was enough to post about them in that same place.
But Sanjay suggested me that I started a new thread, dedicated solely for these boys, and I agree, I think now things are very different and like Snajay said, these males are the future for the lion population.
In the future, I will try to post some things that clarify a bit all we read about lionesses prides, but to be fair there is usually little info about them. 
Ok, so the Birmingham males come from a very large pride called the Birmingham pride or the Orpen pride, facebook says it was a pride of 22 lions.

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That I'm aware of, the Birmingham boys are sons of the Birmingham male, a very big and beautiful lion, several times I've read that he was considered one of the biggest males in the area(It's the one on the right and, by the way @tigerluver , thanks for the suggestion on uploading pics from my computer).

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The oldest of the Birmingham males, the one who is usually called Blondie, is around 4 or 5 years old, so he was probably born in 2010. The rest of the boys are younger than him, remember that in a pride cubs from different litters play and bond together, strenghtening their relations until the time they have to go out on their won.
In this case, what I read was that the Birmingham males were expelled from their pride by the Matimba males, possibly 1 1/2 or 2 years ago.
How quickly things change.
Right now, after killing yet another lioness(sub-adult) from the Nkuhuma pride, walk over what it is(was?) the territory of two of the Biggest males around, Hairy belly and Ginger Matimba.

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I think it is pretty safe to say now that this amazing males are here to stay. Even if the Matimba males manage to make a response, their actions until now have shown that they don't want to take on the new boys.
So, what is going to happen? Are we witnessing finally the takeover we have been expecting in the last few months? What will happen with the Matimba males? And, after the Birminghams settle in their new land and maybe enforce their control over the prides, where will they look next to expand their territory? Will the aging Majingilane, who already chased them off a couple of times, be targeted next?
So many questions, and what is for sure, the promise of exciting lion news and, hopefully, a new war on the way.

Thanks for the suggestion on starting  this thread, @sanjay (I probably would have waited until definitive confirmation of the takeover. I'm so unlike a male lion in my cautious ways  ) and to all of you people, if you happen to find info on them, maybe pics when they were young, or a new update, feel free to post it here, I think we are going to spent quite the time talking about these boys in the next months(and, most likely years). Reply