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(07-06-2024, 08:41 PM)Mapokser Wrote: He got attacked by other lions, got wounds on his belly, side and back, his spine even bent a little after that, it was just after he left Manyeleti when the Tintswalos went after him.
I am talking particulary about this growth on his stomach. It is not a claw cut nor wound from a bite.
I have always believed that to be a hernia, which is most commonly caused from over exertion. If so, then it may well have been the result of a battle between himself and other lions, and could just as easily be the result of a hunting injury. While none of us knows for certain, given the timeline of events and when that injury was first noticed, it could be the result of one of those interactions.