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Kambula/Ntsevu males
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 (6 hours ago)Ngonya Wrote:(Yesterday, 06:13 AM)Rui Ferreira Wrote: My theory is that they like to go around the territory of other coalitions and jump scare them a bit with their numbers only to leave them when they had their funThey pretty much act like nomads because of their indeed intriguing and very unique amazing behavior but also because they couldnt stabilish north. Got ousted twice, by Plains Camp then Mantimahle. The " jump scare" was a bad term for what I tried to say, I meant that for the dominant duos, it must me quite nerve wracking hearing out of nowhere 4 big male lions roar in the distance while you have cubs to defend, after you see what their on about, the Kambuas are indeed not scary at all , but the first impression must be like " Oh no 4 big male lions in my territory" Not that the Kambulas scare anyone who they interacted with at this point 
@sunless it's not a negative or pessimistic narrative, but plain reality.
The 2 strongest, more confident males are injured, both caught alone after roaring, trying to be dominant. Why would anyone think they have a better chance now than weeks, months ago? If they were all back at 100%, with K3 and K5 showing more willingness to be dominant males, it'd be a different story, maybe. Not to say they are in the territory of the only coalition that outnumbers them, they could never handle 2 PCM, Ndhzenga or Gijima, if 5 Nkuhlu show up in their own territory, they are easily stronger than even the duos the Kambula can't already deal with.  (5 hours ago)Rui Ferreira Wrote: The " jump scare" was a bad term for what I tried to say, I meant that for the dominant duos, it must me quite nerve wracking hearing out of nowhere 4 big male lions roar in the distance while you have cubs to defend, after you see what their on about, the Kambuas are indeed not scary at all , but the first impression must be like " Oh no 4 big male lions in my territory"I understand it, makes more sense like that indeed. Afterall 4 big healthy males like them, we all know they have a great potential and can initially get the local males a bit nervous as you say. Lets see what they are up to in MalaMala this time, more important how will Ndzhenga/Nkuhlu react. 
Correct me if i am wrong, but this might be 1st time we see them all roar together, if that was K4 roaring off camera.
Not sure if we can say that Mantimahles ousted them from north, i think they just left, as some of them where doing this same thing for months (mostly K5 with K3/K6), but this time K4 followed them, as he is injured. K6 also got in a scrap so he rejoined aswell.  (5 hours ago)Mapokser Wrote: @sunless it's not a negative or pessimistic narrative, but plain reality. Isn't it just your reality (negative view) that you know that they won't confront other males when they show up and just be chased and beaten up. But isn't saying the same thing apply to you as well "Why would anyone (you) think they have no better chance now than weeks, months ago?" As for K3, he is always showing willingness to be a dominant male might be next to K4 in terms of being dominant not that I can say that for K5 as he is an odd one. (5 hours ago)Tr1x24 Wrote: Correct me if i am wrong, but this might be 1st time we see them all roar together, if that was K4 roaring off camera. A first for me to see them roar altogether with K5. I think it might likely to be the Southern Avoca and Kruger Male or maybe the Nkuhuma and Talamati Male that injured K6 as the Mantimahles is not near him and PCM is also at the West and the Ndzenghas is with the Kambula Pride at that time. (3 hours ago)sunless Wrote:(5 hours ago)Tr1x24 Wrote: Correct me if i am wrong, but this might be 1st time we see them all roar together, if that was K4 roaring off camera. wasnt NK016 and Khanya in south at the time K6 got injured, when we saw them in Kruger and after that the Gijimas? Imo its likely to have been Southern Avoca and KM or Mantimhales, but lets not take Ndzhengas out of this, as the Kambulas were moving south K6 could´ve went with them but met Ndzhengas along the way fleeing north again Its impossible to know for sure Also I might be confusing with K3 but I would´ve bet we´ve seen K5 roaring in north, guess I was wrong (3 hours ago)Rui Ferreira Wrote:(3 hours ago)sunless Wrote:(5 hours ago)Tr1x24 Wrote: Correct me if i am wrong, but this might be 1st time we see them all roar together, if that was K4 roaring off camera. Yeah my bad have forgotten they have just return back to Sabi Sands (Sabi Sabi) on December 12 as K6 is sighted at December 13 afternoon injured at Elephant Plains. Would not know if K6 followed his brothers on the way down South as he was busy mating with Little Amber at that time. Well we've seen him on camera roaring in North when he is calling for his brothers when he got separated but not seen on camera roaring with his brothers. 
All, let's try to keep the conversation about the cats, please. Any personal discussions are much better suited for PMs. Thank you!
Kambula males at Kirkman's Kamp. Lets see if Nkuhlus will need and how will respond
 (12-21-2024, 09:14 PM)Horizon Wrote:(11-16-2024, 01:07 AM)Tr1x24 Wrote:(11-16-2024, 12:54 AM)Ngonya Wrote: i havent seen anything since they were mating at Londolozi I agree is too early. Osindile (BYM) got a similar limp for a while that was worse than K4 but got better with the time, to the point that now you can barely see it. To be honest, sometimes it looks like that he's not even limping, which could be the same for K4. |
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