Lions of Timbavati

[sik94]

(11-06-2022, 03:31 AM)BA0701 Wrote: You may very well be right, and if so it raises the question as to why so many of the wildlife shows from those early days, the ones featuring lions, seemed to typically show single males controlling prides. For a large portion of my life, I had believed, thanks to these very shows, that male coalitions controlling prides were the exception to the rule, with there being many more single male dominated prides. However, as I began learning more about these creatures, we see today that it is quite the opposite, with single African male dominated prides for sure being much less predominant than coalition dominated prides. 

Of course there could be a lot of reasons for this, as you mentioned, it may have simply always been this way.

I have seen all those documentaries as well and I agree that most of them seem to suggest that most prides have just a single dominant male. Those documentaries usually are meant for a different demographic, they try to keep things simple and general so the people who know nothing about lions won't be overwhelmed by the information. I literally had an argument about this with someone from South Africa on discord, she thought coalitions dominating prides was not even a thing that happened. I had higher expectations from someone who actually lived in South Africa. Lol. So yeah, not everyone is an absolute nerd about the intricacies of lion behavior and commercially produced nature documentaries would never try to go into detail about everything that lions do. Reply