Coalitions of Kruger National Park

[Mapokser]

So, regarding Kumana and Mayambula/Vlak coalitions, let's see if I can make a chronology of possible and actual interactions that happened between them in the last few weeks:

Feb 12, Vlak #2 seen on a mission, chasing towards something in the road:

Feb 16, same guide posts 1/5 Kumana after chasing a Mayambula from his territory, he doesn't say it happened on that very day though, while on the Feb 12 post he said it happened in that very morning so could it be from the same day, 1/5 Kumana chasing off Vlak #2 from his territory?

Feb 17, by David Vasconcellos, Vlak #1 in a mission, chasing towards something:

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Feb 18 by Nelson Cruz, the youngest Kumana male seem injured, he has bite marks on his back:

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Same day, Feb 18, by Behind a Ranger's Lens:

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Photos by the same person at this time, Alberto Scattolin.

Vlak #1:

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Youngest, injured Kumana male:

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On top of it, Brahim had pointed out that 2 of the injured Kumana's brothers were limping, which increases the possibility that both coalitions may have clashed after 1/5 Kumana chased 1/5 Mayambula.

There's no sighting of Vlak #4 this year, but all 5 Kumana and their father are accounted for:

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As a bonus, last year Vlak #2 had injuries that seemed more than what you'd get fighting your own brothers for mating rights:

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And in late November of last year, in the first sighting of the Mayambula cubs in the Sweni pride, Vlak #2 was seen a bit skinny, limping very slightly of what it seemed a wound on his right left-hindlimb:

So maybe there's a rivalry between the 2 coalitions going for several months, or at least they had some encounters recently. Reply