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(05-14-2024, 11:25 PM)Mapokser Wrote: When they met with the Ximhungwe, Tumbela was basically in peak condition and NK was still bulkier and seemingly quite stronger as Tumbela couldn't push him off the kill despite being more dominant.
He was not in peak condition, he already had limp and was often seen in skinny condition.
He was in the same situation as now, where sometimes he looks peak, and sometimes he doesn't. Less than 2 months ago, peak condition:
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Not different from his time as a dominant male:
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When he was with Nkuhuma, he was in peak form:
And even you said at the time that NK looked a lot bigger.
I just hope that this conditioning rollercoaster he seems to be on is only related to his not having a pride for support, and not due to whatever befell Scar and Limper, and even Lambile too, because they all seemed to go up and down quite a bit. In recent videos you can see a black spot in the middle of that large bump on his hip, I also hope that is perhaps just a cyst that burst, and not the black spot. Given the location, I'd guess it is more likely the cyst option.