Othawa Pride

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(10-04-2022, 09:25 PM)1ofCourage Wrote: The allegiance that lionesses have to their pride's cubs is unparalleled.  
Skorro Jr has few wounds from any altercations with other attacking males, but 2 lionesses paid with their lives trying to protect them, and Sassy is quite battered from the last run in.
Yet Sassy stays with those cubs, providing, leading and protecting them when she can.  She doesn't run.  She is committed.

They said Skorro Jr met up with the pride a while back.  I wonder if Sassy ran him off?

Coalitions (or 1 male in this case) and prides are 2 different, separated things. 

Coalitions control certain territory, under which there are some prides, those prides can chose if they want to "accept" those males as their "rulers" and sire their offspring, or run away, change territory or become nomads.

Skorro Jr. was not part of Othawa pride, he controled territory under which Othawas have their territory, he lost that territory, meaning that "connection" between them is over (he can only occasionaly follow/join them for food, but will not defend them, as he is nomad). 

Males defending "their" pride and offspring is more of a myth then anything else, males/coalitions defend their territory, their dominance of certain area, when they lose that battle, they will certaintly not defend their offspring in these prides. Reply