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| - Brutus was First Seen in the Gosa Mob as a subordinate adult male. The dominant female was Cleopatra and the dominant male was Gandalf. It is unknown if Brutus is related to either of them. The Gosa seemed to have suffered a large group split leaving just ten members. The pregnant dominant female Cleo gave birth, but her pups did not survive. This tragic event caused the Gosa to split up. Brutus joined a half led by Cleopatra's pregnant younger sister Delilah. However, the two halves rejoined quickly. After Delilah gave birth Cleopatra made the gang move burrows, resulting in Delilah's pups being abandoned. Because of this, Delilah made the Gosa split up again. Brutus joined Delilah's half once more and attempted to mate with her, but was refused. The two halves eventually reunited again. After this, Brutus tried to mate with one of the Gosa's subordinate females named Solo. However, the dominant male Gandalf didn't allow this and asserted dominance over Brutus. In order to breed, Brutus went roving and mated with a lone evicted female. After this, he tried his luck at a rival group called The Rockstars, but he was chased off. Following this, Brutus returned to the Gosa and took up sentry duty. In April 2012, Brutus went roving again, but this time he went with another Gosa male named Napoleon. Then Gandalf disappared in July. Brutus was one fo the oldest males but he didn't seem interested in taking dominance, suggesting he was a natal-male related to Cleopatra. Instead a younger male named Starsky took the role of dominant male but only for a month. In August a wild male named Malaki joined the group and took up dominance. The Gosa disappared in September while Cloepatra was heavily pregnant, but the group turned up the next month with four pups. Sadly one of the pups was killed by a monitor lizard. In late 2012 Malaki was bitten by a puff adder and died. Following his death, Brutus became the dominant male of the Gosa. In January 2013 Cleo gave birth to a litter of five pups, possibly the last litter fathered by Malaki. A group split the next month resulted in the loss of two pups. One of the pups, Daisy, later died of a puff adder bite May 2013. The remaining two, Flo and Zeus, survived. That same month, a male nicknamed Grey Owl joined the Gosa. It was later discovered that the male was the long lost leader Gandalf. In June 2013 Gandalf and Hutch challenged Brutus for dominance. Gandalf eventually won the fight. Brutus is still alive in the Gosa Mob today as a subordinate male.
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