Who are the top dogs among hyenas?

The ‘battle of the sexes’ is human, but do other species engage in it?

Who are the top dogs among hyenas?

‘And thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee’, says Genesis. ‘If I be waspish, best beware my sting’, retorts Katherine, in The Taming of the Shrew. The ‘battle of the sexes’ is human, but do other species engage in it?

Male animals fight over territory and for access to females. Their ‘might-is-right’ tactics can carry over into courtship; ’all is fair in love and war’. The stag corrals reluctant hinds into a harem for the rut. A lion, seizing control of a pride, will kill the cubs of his predecessor. The alpha-lioness leads the hunts, but the King of Beasts eats his fill before she and the pride get to dine.

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