Styx Pride

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(07-13-2024, 03:38 AM)Go131810 Wrote:

(07-13-2024, 03:17 AM)Cath2020 Wrote:

(07-13-2024, 01:02 AM)Go131810 Wrote:

(07-13-2024, 12:27 AM)criollo2mil Wrote: Caption  from photographer, not mine:


“A young male of the Styx pride, found with a few other females after a bit of a warring session with a local coalition of male lions. This young guy is only three years old, but was starting to establish his dominance with roars at night - a brave, if not foolish, thing to do - but his bloodline runs back to the famous Mapagos, a fearless and tyrannical coalition of lions that once ruled the entire Sabi Sands... so those dominant instincts might be coming out a bit early.”



Credit:  Samuel Cox

Hi I have asked this before. Who is he son of? Was her mother the older Rollercoster lioness or the other lioness? I do not think he could be son of the Birmingham daughter?

Most likely the B'ham Daughter is indeed his mother.... There are multiple reports indicating this, plus he was seen with her alone on a few occasions during the nomadic phase.  Either way, he's related to the Rollercoaster daughter because she's the mother of the B'ham daughter....so either son or grandson.  The R. daughter is related to the Mapogos because her fathers are brothers or half brothers to them.  There are some who think that those males could have also fathered the 2 youngest Mapogos (KT and Mr. T)

Hi yes good point. I had thought it would have been interesting to see the young Styxt male lion son of Birmingham grow. I thought he also had a resemblance to the Mapogos to the Rollercoster male lions. He had I thought similar eyes and maybe similar colors to them. The Othowa male lion may he rest in peace; was also a beautiful lion like the Styxt male lion; I actually thought there was similarities. They were related but it was interesting seeing them grow up. This young Styxt male lion does remind me of the Rollercoster male lions and the Syxt male lion son. I was going to say the Magingilane daughter was also daughter to the Rollercoster daughter lions? Or was the Magingilanes daughter to another Styxt lioness?

I'm not sure about that one.  I'm also not sure of which lioness was the mother of the unfortunate Styx Male, former partner to the NK Male.  If he was the son of the R. daughter, than he was VERY different looking than his B'ham daughter half-sister!  The Styx have been unlucky with their males....much like the Tsalala Pride.  Looks like another solo male for the last Tsalala Lioness, too, by the way. Reply