Coalitions of Kruger National Park

[Fenix123]

(Today, 05:57 AM)Mwk85 Wrote:

(Yesterday, 03:53 AM)Fenix123 Wrote: An one eyed Lion with the Nwasetsi Male on the H6

Anyone knows who is this one eyed Lion?

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Seen people referring to him as the one eyed Chava male. Whether that is an official name or just what someone started calling him and others went with it is unknown to me as I just recently learned of him.

Thanks, i also Met him recently (probably the Photo in the post #11.744 was the First one i saw of him Reply

[Potato]

When two different lion coalitions feed together, it can lead to intense and brutal fights. Lions are territorial and social animals, and even within coalitions, they can become highly aggressive toward one another when food resources are at stake. The fight typically erupts over a sense of dominance; larger males from a coalition may attempt to intimidate or physically overpower others. In this case on the H6, close to Satara Rest Camp in the Kruger National Park, one coalition consisting of the Nwanetsi male and a lion of an unknown origin with one blind eye and another coalition consisting of the young Nkaya Pan male and the old Ngotso male were feeding together on a zebra kill. Earlier that morning the Nwanetsi male chased the lighter coloured young Nkaya Pan male off the kill, this suggests that the Nwanetsi male sees the younger Nkaya Pan male as a rival or inferior and is establishing dominance over him. In the afternoon the Nwanetsi male and his partner with one blind eye was feeding and the old Ngotso male joined them without a problem, maybe he is not seen as a threat because of his age. The real tension surfaces when the young Nkaya Pan male tries to join again in the afternoon when he was fiercely attacked by the Nwanetsi male (from the other coalition) and chased off. The Nwanetsi male likely views the younger Nkaya Pan male as a threat to his position, either because of his potential to challenge him for dominance or because he wants to maintain control over the kill without the interference of a weaker rival.

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[Tr1x24]

(Today, 05:57 AM)Mwk85 Wrote: Seen people referring to him as the one eyed Chava male. Whether that is an official name or just what someone started calling him and others went with it is unknown to me as I just recently learned of him.

Yea, old S90 male was also with them few months ago, but he he was quite skinny and old, so idk about his status atm. Reply

[Tr1x24]

Holy, 3rd Nkaya is impressive, but that N'wanetsi is a beast aswell, and smaller Chava actually iniciated the attack.

Who sired young N'wanetsi? Old Sweni males?

I would tought that Nkaya/Old Ngotso would be stronger than N'wanetsi/Chava, but looks like Ngotso is not that supportive, he is like: " guys pls, can we eat?" Reply

[Gavskrr]

This male that they refer to as One-eyed Chava was "lucky", until a certain time ago they were being pressured by the sweni males and this guy was found with fight marks, luckily now the sweni males decided to change their path to trichardt pride. Reply