Lingering Lions - 12:21 pm
09 Jan 2010
The Xakanaxa pride are still on Mboma Island.
They are looking well fed, but their excursions further south may have cost them a pride member.
It is the only remaining female cub that was not with the pride. She may have lost the pride during the night and there is still a chance that she is alive and well.
If she has been killed the survival rate for these cubs has dropped to 28%, which is well below the norm of 40%. It will also mean that after having 14 cubs in total the prides ranks will not grow as all the remaining cubs are males and they will be chased from the pride within the next year.
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