Coalitions of Kruger National Park

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(06-03-2023, 02:23 AM)sik94 Wrote:

(06-03-2023, 01:42 AM)Mapokser Wrote: I'm mentioning size because you seemed to somehow be implying Nkhulus lack strength for being young, when in reality they are physically stronger than their prime partner.

Nkhulus are yet to make a sustained challenge for a territory, they still behave pretty nomadic. Territorial challenges are all about confidence and a couple of the Nkhulus being pretty young and injured, all it would take is one of the weaker individuals backing out to make everyone just drop everything and run. Also, when everyone is running and it's chaos, nobody knows what's even happening. By the time they regrouped, the Avocas probably had finished the job on Dreads. 

I honestly never quite understood the S. Avocas. They were nothing special when they first showed up, the three Tsalalas were able to push them around and I thought Tsalala males were very ordinary lions. The S. Avocas seem to be the kind of lions that peak a bit later in life(7-10), in physicality and as territorial males. Opposed to the N. Avocas who peaked early(5-7) and never grew to be the same physically or as territorial males. It's odd how there's such a difference between the two sets of brothers.

I don't know if you've ever heard of Kevin Richardson (The Lion Whisperer), but he does some pretty good takes on how lions in his care, even ones that are brothers, and raised exactly the same in his care have dramatically different outcomes as adult lions.  One of my favorite lions of his Vayetsi had a brother that died of a snake bite when they were both about 2, but the brother was so much more outgoing and Vayetsi was never able to be put with other males in his sanctuary because he would have just been beaten up.  A lot of Nature vs. Nurture there for sure. Reply