The Matimba coalition

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Vurhami were very young, some not even 4yo it seemed, and were against 3 monstrosities, I only "blame" them for sticking around and roaring, nothing else.

Kambulas are 4 big primed brothers against strong, but still only 2 males coalitions.

In the case of the Nkhulu, I think it was similar to the Majingilane scenario, they didn't save Delaporte after being ambushed and split, but soon after ( questions of days at best ) the Avocas left their territory and moved several km away and it's unlikely simple passive pressure caused it just after such decisive S.Avoca victory.

Nkuhlu quite possibly regrouped and launched a counter-attack chasing the Avocas off.

As for Matimbas, very unlikely for Ginger to be HB's littermates as he seems to be several months older. Despite HB having arguably the most impressive mane of any of the Matimba, he was barely developed in mid-2011, only a small mohawk, while Ginger had already a mostly fully-developed mane on the top.

White Face was much closer to HB in development at that time so it's more likely he was littermate, though also possible HB had no littermate brothers, we have pics of Matimbas and sisters aa big cubs in October 2006, but HB only shows up in March or May 2007, and too small to be as old as the other siblings from previous photos. 

While I think littermates have a bigger chance of having a stronger bond, sometimes other males within a coalition just click better despite not being born together, we've to keep in mind that they are introduced to one another at a very young age and basically spend almost their entire lives together, regardless if they are littermates or not. Reply