Question

How was Nandy different from N'Pongo?

Answer 1

N'Pongo was very humanised and when she grew up she was hostile toward the male 'Jambo' but fortunately would still mate with him when she was in oestrus- but they couldn't be kept together outside of those times in their early life together. Though they mellowed over time they were never kept together in the smaller indoor accomodation where Jambo was kept with the other female Nandi -who adored him.

As an adult, N'Pongo had a very distinctive rather fierce 'look' which has been inherited by her children and some of their descendants too- Mamfe, Tatu, Ngola, Kumba, Hallali Kahilli( her daughter at Jersey) and even her granddaughter Asili at Chessington.