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(07-02-2024, 01:45 PM)KM600 Wrote: So it seems Gijimas were actually chased in their own territory first and LM just decided he was bored of being on the defensive end. Second and third photo are interesting cos while LM had one Nkhulu pinned down, another Nkhulu was so close by. Yet, LM was able to do atleast some damage to this same male without the second brother getting involved, atleast straight away, or at all. So either these two brothers have an extremely poor bond, especially being territorial males of age or they have such little experience fighting other dominant males.
It's possible the bond isn't as strong, especially compared to the two Gijimas who seem to be very insync. But also the bigger the coalition, the greater the chance of there being a weak link/weak links. By the sounds of it two of the brothers just turned around and ran as soon as LM Gijima turned round himself. In the original video I noticed Snip Tail Nkuhlu at the back, so he was seemingly the last to run, or one of the ones that at least tried to fight. He might even have been the one that LM pinned down. But his brothers didn't feel like actually taking on the two Gijimas.