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05-11-2022, 12:12 AM( This post was last modified: 05-11-2022, 12:18 AM by Duco Ndona )
The Ximhungwe lioness is nomadic and not really anyone's lioness. Lionesses in her position mate with any male lion in the neighbourhood to confuse them into accepting any cubs, to distract males from cubs or to not get killed. So this behaviour is not weird for her or indicative of any power shifts. Just her trying to survive in a shifting lion political landscape. Still, if the Birmingham and Nkuhuma male become the Ximhungwes new pride males, it could buy the Othawas time to leave the area and diffuse the conflict for a while.
Some Mangheni lionesses are currently hanging out with the PC males so that could explain why they haven't made any moves lately.
And yeah. In nature, nomadic male lions aren't worth much. They are constantly chased away from food and often killed by other lions. Only the best of the best get to survive, so young coalitions disappearing is nothing new or strange.