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(03-09-2025, 12:18 AM)NLAL11 Wrote: Kambula sub-adults (date unknown). Credits to Dean Jenkins.
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I wonder when the subadult males (8 right?) will be ousted. Age wise it may not be the time yet but they are developing quick, looking at their manes.
And now also with the Nstevu pride incident vs one Kambula subadult last week, and with new Kambula cubs recently born, their time may come sooner than we think.
I wonder if the fact that they are with so many young males potentially influences the time at which they will get ousted by their fathers. I can imagine fathers may see them as more of a 'threat' (mating wise or general aggressiveness that they do not tolerate etc) if the young males are with a large group, like in the case of the Kambula pride, compared to the situation where there is just a single young male in a pride.
(03-09-2025, 12:18 AM)NLAL11 Wrote: Kambula sub-adults (date unknown). Credits to Dean Jenkins.
*This image is copyright of its original author
I wonder when the subadult males (8 right?) will be ousted. Age wise it may not be the time yet but they are developing quick, looking at their manes.
And now also with the Nstevu pride incident vs one Kambula subadult last week, and with new Kambula cubs recently born, their time may come sooner than we think.
I wonder if the fact that they are with so many young males potentially influences the time at which they will get ousted by their fathers. I can imagine fathers may see them as more of a 'threat' (mating wise or general aggressiveness that they do not tolerate etc) if the young males are with a large group, like in the case of the Kambula pride, compared to the situation where there is just a single young male in a pride.
Hi interesting topic. I wonder how two Kambula lionesses who had more cubs are doing. Hopefully they are doing good. One lioness was seen with three cubs, but no news on second Kambula lioness.
Maybe young Kambula male lions will not leave yet. Kambula lioness must of separated, but I have been wondering what if two other Kambula lioness or remains Kambula lioness’s may have more cubs? All Kambula lionesses will May start to separate and chase young male lions. Also male lions chase young male lions when older, but lionesses may chase once they have more cubs and with many lions; lionesses may start separating early and male lions may just help lionesses, but lionesses would start competing against young lions when eating but for their cubs.
In a few months maybe more cubs?
Nestuvo lioness hurt the young male lions? Ndhzenga male lions were there. Nestuvo lionesses were with Ndzehnga.
I think 3 females have given birth and those 3 are k7 k5 and k10 they have the oldest offspring so the other females may or may not mate again but rather look after the subadults until they’re at least 3 in a half but you never know we’ll see what happens
Yesterday, 04:13 AM( This post was last modified: Yesterday, 04:13 AM by FACR2212 )
3 cubs of Ntsevu pride with Eorenji Ndzhenga, fully recovered from mange.
It's clear there is a size gap between one cub that looks smaller. I'm not sure whether is a cub from the smaller litter, or 1 of 3 cub of the bigger litter with a growth delay (maybe due to severe mange?). In the first case, one of the older cubs should have dissapeared, because I haven't seen sightings with more than 3 cubs.
(Yesterday, 04:13 AM)FACR2212 Wrote: 3 cubs of Ntsevu pride with Eorenji Ndzhenga, fully recovered from mange.
It's clear there is a size gap between one cub that looks smaller. I'm not sure whether is a cub from the smaller litter, or 1 of 3 cub of the bigger litter with a growth delay (maybe due to severe mange?). In the first case, one of the older cubs should have dissapeared, because I haven't seen sightings with more than 3 cubs.
Hi was wondering would you happen to know how many cubs are female? Two female lionesses? Or two male lions?
(Yesterday, 04:13 AM)FACR2212 Wrote: 3 cubs of Ntsevu pride with Eorenji Ndzhenga, fully recovered from mange.
It's clear there is a size gap between one cub that looks smaller. I'm not sure whether is a cub from the smaller litter, or 1 of 3 cub of the bigger litter with a growth delay (maybe due to severe mange?). In the first case, one of the older cubs should have dissapeared, because I haven't seen sightings with more than 3 cubs.
Hi I think one cub is K2 ? Is Kambula lioness who had youngest cubs? One maybe Kambula two. Youngest cub maybe.
In other video one cub was was with one lioness when eating.
(Yesterday, 09:07 PM)Mapokser Wrote: No way the biggest cub is a littermate to the smallest one.
Right, I checked the birth date of the older litter and the younger litter; they are around 15 months and 9 months respectively... which fits their sizes in the video.
(Yesterday, 04:13 AM)FACR2212 Wrote: 3 cubs of Ntsevu pride with Eorenji Ndzhenga, fully recovered from mange.
It's clear there is a size gap between one cub that looks smaller. I'm not sure whether is a cub from the smaller litter, or 1 of 3 cub of the bigger litter with a growth delay (maybe due to severe mange?). In the first case, one of the older cubs should have dissapeared, because I haven't seen sightings with more than 3 cubs.
Hi I think one cub is K2 ? Is Kambula lioness who had youngest cubs? One maybe Kambula two. Youngest cub maybe.
In other video one cub was was with one lioness when eating.
Also Kambula two; had no more cubs.
Ntsevu pride: Based on what I commented in the previus post, the smallest is K2's offspring and the 2 bigger are K3's offspring. That explain why K2 didn't get pregnant again.
K2 has another cub/subadult that was adopted by Kambula pride long ago before she got pregnant of the small cub that can be seen in the video.
(Yesterday, 04:13 AM)FACR2212 Wrote: 3 cubs of Ntsevu pride with Eorenji Ndzhenga, fully recovered from mange.
It's clear there is a size gap between one cub that looks smaller. I'm not sure whether is a cub from the smaller litter, or 1 of 3 cub of the bigger litter with a growth delay (maybe due to severe mange?). In the first case, one of the older cubs should have dissapeared, because I haven't seen sightings with more than 3 cubs.
I think that's Amahle not Eorenji/Orange Eyes. Difficult to tell at a distance but he looks like Amahle to me.
I've suspected for a while that one of the younger cubs survived, and one from the older litter died. The size difference is just too big. As you said it would explain why K2 hasn't come back into heat (that we know of) or fallen pregnant again. It's a shame for the pride really as both these lionesses are getting older and running out of time, which means the pride will become very small at some point.
