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10-24-2022, 04:05 PM( This post was last modified: 10-24-2022, 04:07 PM by lionuk )
"Another sad news to announce the death of the legend Blondie Avoca. He held out for a long time. He defended his pride and his family with all his ferocity. A loyal and loving brother. He was defeated by TB and took him to sleep in eternal peace far from suffering.
(10-24-2022, 04:05 PM)lionuk Wrote: Another sad news to announce the death of the legend Blondie Avoca. He held out for a long time. He defended his pride and his family with all his ferocity. A loyal and loving brother. He was defeated by TB and took him to sleep in eternal peace far from suffering.
I have just learned about this and rushed here to confirm.
Blonde was the least discussed N. Avoca though he played a critical role in providing stability to talamatis and most importantly to nkuhumas.
He always walked parallely to DM and Mohawk.
Both of his brothers love and respect him and have his back till the last breath. Blonde had fought 1vs 1 fight with tinyo bboy last year may which apparently results in tinyo death ( after a few months maybe was nwaswitshakas males) and dislocated blonde front leg once and for all. And what a coincidence, tinyo was also last seen on October 26,2021.
Sad, but expected, he is battling this disease (TB or its something else) for 3+ yrs now, i guess its better this way as he doesn’t suffer more.
Looks like era of N. Avocas in northern Sabi Sands is slowly coming to an end, with DM situation and now Blondie's demise, only Mohawk remains as dominant force.
But now as lone male, its questionable how long he can hold his territory, he is not getting younger either.
Really a sad update... Let's see for how long Mohawk will hold his territory on his own. As Tr1x24 mentioned, it seems Avoca reign is coming to an end slowly
"We say goodbye to one of our outstanding Males!! Blondie! One of the Northern Avoca Males recently passed away due to TB!! A sad fact that he is now gone! An outstanding Male who kept Dominating his territory and keeping his pride safe!"
So sad to hear about Blondie. Though we’ve known it was coming for a while.
Mohawk is on his own now. Hopefully he’ll be able to hang on and protect the newest set of Nkuhuma cubs but that’s 2-3 years which is a long time to maintain his dominance over one pride especially being that he’s already been dominating them for 4 years. Now he’s on his own and though appearing to be in excellent condition he’s not getting any younger. It will be harder to maintain without his brother.
There’s a lot of great footage out there of Blondie but here’s a couple of my favorites.
Ridge Nose’s cubs giving Blondie a hard time while Mohawk rests nearby without issue.
(10-24-2022, 08:33 PM)Horizon Wrote: Sad update. Mohawk might now be pressured by PC males.
the only way for mohawk and dm to hold on power is partner with there sons but they need to buy them little more time for them mature a little more in my opinion
10-24-2022, 09:00 PM( This post was last modified: 10-24-2022, 09:05 PM by Tr1x24 )
(10-24-2022, 08:33 PM)Horizon Wrote: Sad update. Mohawk might now be pressured by PC males.
Dont think so, atleast not for now, as by the looks of it, PC males now aquired Mhangenis and started mating with them, 4 females available for mating will occupie 2 males for quite some time. And they also might get Ximhungwe/Gingerella, as they are on their territory pretty much.
I am more worried about 2 Talamatis and 4 young Kambulas in near future, they are closest to him. But yea, they could also go for S8 or Kruger male.
Now we have whole area from Londolozi/MalaMala to Tintswalo, occupied by 4 lone males.
In theory, bigger coalition, like 4 young Kambulas, could oust few of them at once in near future.
Avoca Male Lions and Their Male Lineage
