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(06-02-2018, 12:49 AM)Spalea Wrote: 9 male lions ruling over the territory ? The pride would need to double all the hunting ! And what about the favorite preys ? Perhaps it is possible that the balance predators-preys might be temporarily modified?
It definitely causes a desestabilizing factor, which is why it naturally corrects itself when, for example, coalitions split into more manageable numbers, for example a group of 5 and another one of 4 males that go elsewhere. Also, rival lions or simply hunger could cause the number to go down, and then you would have a less drastic(in numbers), although still big, coalition.