The super pride may have spared the cubs but the mother's presence here will not be tolerated.

The cubs are led away, lucky to have escaped their ordeal alive and their good fortune continues.

Their mother brings them to a fresh kill.

For the lionesses of the super pride, these bounder incursions don't always need to resolve violently.

Each territorial battle with other prides is just a brief moment in a conflict that lasts generations.

But one threat from outside the super pride is dealt with immediately and with all necessary force.

Nomadic males.

Nomadic males represent one of the most serious perils to the stability of the super pride.

The nomads' main mission is to spread their genes.

Their ambition will present the super pride mothers with their strnest test.