The Charleston Males

[Tshokwane]

(10-10-2016, 11:05 PM)Spalea Wrote: @Ngala:

About#164: I believe this is the first time I see a male lion playing like that with a cub. To put up with the cubs' mischiefs, yes, but to roll over with a cub...

It goes to show that we can never know enough about wild animals.

The other day I was having a discussion with @BoldChamp and others in @"SVTIGRIS" Google+ group All About Big Cats.

So, the talk there in a poll between a showdown between Raja and Caesar of the Notch coalition, was that "studies show this, study show that".

The thing is that, in my experience, and it seems in your case Spalea is the same, what the studies said was that male lions don't play a part in the rearing of cubs, that they barely tolerated cubs, etc.

And yet, what does real, wild lions show? A very different picture.

Sure, there are some more grumpy with the cubs, and yet there are many others that are extremely tolerant and even playful, like the Old Notch, Makhulu from the Mapogos, Dark Mane and Hip Scar Majingilane, the Kruger males that raised these Charleston males, a couple of Birmingham males, particularly #3 and I think #1 is a good father as well and now both of the Charleston males.

This is why I prefer to focus in this kind of things, rather than in 20 or 30 years old studies who are great in a lot of things, but very limited in other aspects. Reply