Lions of Sabi Sands

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(12-15-2024, 06:21 PM)T_Ferguson Wrote: Floppy Ear would likely be the son of Ubuso?  Was that the name of the one the Gijima's killed?  Or is Floppy from the time when the N'Was were all 4 in charge of the Styx pride?

This is truly bad news for all involved.  Floppy has gone warp speed to Male Lionhood.  It's fascinating to see the degrees of Lion maturation.

Floppy is like barely 4 and he's mating and chasing and trying to carve out territory all by himself, and then you have the Kambula's at like 6 still meandering around without a care in the world.

Yeah, Floppy Ear is one of the many cubs Nzdhengas had with Styx pride, theoretically any of the 4 could be his father and albeit the coalition abandoned the pride sooner that the pride needed, the remaining Nzhengas would consider him their offspring (if they recognize him).

I am in the camp that Uboso was the father, on older pictures Floppy Ear sticks out among the cubs and has his features, particularly the wide nose. Also judging from howe Ubuso acted once Nzdhengas invaded Londolozi/Mala Mala, he was quite a Casanova (unluckily futile mating with K6 included), so it is safe to assume he had interest in mating, he might be in poorer condition and not dominating much of the mating when they were with Southern and Styx prides, in the end it's anybody's guess.

Gijimas injured Ubuso, the injury was not direct cause of his death but likely contributed to his loos of condition in the end. He had limp (Londolozi called him club footed) before already but managed to keep up. Reply