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Power struggles in nature can be more subtle, nuanced and strategic than just dog-eat-dog

  • Written by Lee Alan Dugatkin, Professor of Biology and Distinguished Arts and Science Scholar, University of Louisville
Power struggles in nature can be more subtle, nuanced and strategic than just dog-eat-dogThe battle for power in the animal world isn't always about brute force.photofellow/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Scientists used to think power in animals played out in a tidy and simple way. Nature is a dog-eat-dog place. Rams butt heads in a thunderous spectacle, and the winning male gets to mate with a female. Bigger, stronger, meaner animals...

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