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(03-22-2025, 07:14 PM)adamstocks16 Wrote: Best example I can think of in regard to males showing prolonged interest and protection of a solitary lioness would be Nhenha with the also lone Tsalala lioness and the mother of the current lioness. He used to visit her quite regularly back in the day despite them still being firmly in control of Kambula Pride at the time. I think there was even an encounter between alone Tsalala lioness and Kambulas where Nhenha actively stepped in to protect her and diffuse the situation.
Yes there was that infamous altercation where some Kambula lionesses had the Tsalala lioness (the current one's mother) corned against the high bank of the Sand River. Both males were there and it was actually Tinyo who was most actively getting in the middle and trying to stop the Kambulas from killing her, despite the fact it was Nhena who would visit her and most likely sired her cub(s).