Coalitions of Kruger National Park

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(02-28-2017, 05:31 AM)Pckts Wrote:

(02-28-2017, 04:37 AM)Gamiz Wrote: Credits to Michael Fleetwood
After I saw the picture of Junior and his coalition partner walking together, a question came to me that I'd never thought of before. Hopefully one of the presenters will be able to answer on drive or if they see this, maybe give us some feedback.


Junior's a perfect example of a single young male joining up with another young male, but how does that process go? What I mean is, is there aggression initially and how do they communicate to the other they "want" to form a coalition. Because they're unrelated, I'd expect there to have been some aggression initially.

What do you think about that?

I think lions seek companionship, if they notice another lone male they will cautiously investigate and if both show no signs of aggression, they will join. If one has a territory to defend, females to protect or is generally just a "grumpy guy" then both will have a scuffle, it just depends on the situation.

To add to @Pckts, I remember Solo and Freddy staring at each other for some days and sharing kills and then slowly they started moving together.
In fact in this scenario, they were rivals before and had many fights... but when they lost their coalition partners.. They were forced to join the forces Reply