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Not long ago the Ximungwe cubs had taken down some big game, a nyala or something, I don't remember.
Now they killed an impala.
This is crazy to think about because they are barely 1 year and 1 month old, and in no rush to properly learn these things as they have 2 adults to take care of them. Not even their aunts from the Othawa pride were hunting so well at over 1,5yo and struggled a lot without their mother, scavenging for months until they learned how to hunt properly.
But these Ximhungwe cubs might be independent already, they were alone killing impala until their fathers showed up and stole the kill from them.
I can't even imagine the Mangheni cubs hunting by themselves, never mind the runt that is the youngest one, despite being a month older than his Ximhungwe half-sisters.