The Birmingham Males

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(08-24-2021, 07:35 PM)BigLion39 Wrote: I'm not sure id call it giving ground away, just seems to me that the lions in that general area were all shifting direction, south (I believe  correct me if I'm wrong).  Nhena and Tinyo  moved South, Blonde and Mohawk followed, Dark mane followed  and even the Imbali male was seen pushing (i think) south. Their territories overlap it seems.

Male coalitions are willingly shifting territorys to take over new prides and get acces to mate with its females. In order to do that they have to control arena on which that pride is operating and they shift unwillingly when they get pushed out by another coalition. Coalitions do not shift territorys just because they like to visit new places and risk injurys in confrontations with other coalitions. Imbali male already has many litters sired in Imbali pride and he is looking for more females and the Talamati females being in oestrus are bringing his attention. Blondie and Mohawk has sired their cubs in Talamati and Nkuchuma pride and are also looking for more and the Kambulas being in oestrus are bringing atention. Same was with Birminghams in 2018. Direction south is coincidental. If there would be pride with females willing to mate in other dirrection than south and weak enough competition (for example coalition of 2 rather will not try to expand and compete on territory ruled by coalition of 5 even if there would be females willing to mate). It is not like lion coalions are expanding only towards south.

Birminghams now have been pushed out of the arena on which their only pride is operating. It is not a willing shit of territory. It is not like they found females intrest in some other pride and willingly left Kambula pride behind to spent time with another pride. They were pushed out of the arena by Avoca males. 

(08-24-2021, 08:09 PM)Calvitoo Wrote: Tinyo was limping when the Avocas began to take territory so he was not quite in good condition to fight, so I think they have ceded territory because they were not in a position to fight

 
Avocas are pushing on Birminghams for months already and the Tinyo definitelly wasn't limping all this time. Moreover Blondie Avoca also has his episodes were he was limping and his limp was looking worst than Tinyo's. In general wild lions barely are ever in 100% perfect condition to fight. There are always some potential excuses like being too young, being too old, having slight limp or would, being a bit thiner than ussually and so on. It is what it is in the wild. 

(08-24-2021, 08:16 PM)Tr1x24 Wrote: Obiviously both N. Avocas and OM where putting pressure on Bboys, but with victory over OM it looks like Bboys are recently moving in that vacant space of OM in Londolozi, leaving area of MalaMala Main Camp to Avocas..

 
They can buy their time trailing Kambula subs throughout southern Londolozi and south-central Mala Mala, but it won't last forever. Avocas, N'was or PC males (depends on the dynamic in the given moment) will come to that arena as well and since Birminghams showed to be not able to hold their on so far it won't be better for them later on. It is obvious that the next dominant over Kambula pride coalition will not just move around small arena around Main Camp as it is way too small for a coalition of male lions. Reply