Pack Take over in Canis lupus
Dominance and hierarchy are found throughout the animal kingdom. It is often seen in co-operative breeders, where one male and one female from each group do most if not all of the breeding. The submissive members of the group help to raise the young by helping with foraging and defense of the young. A good example of this kind of breeding is wolves (Canis lupus). They group into packs with a dominant pair. The entire pack helps hunt for food, care for young and defend territory from outside wolves or packs (Peterson 1984). The pack will work it’s way across it’s range, but not always staying completely inside it’s territory (Joslin 1967). Wolves also have a well-studied and defined social order. Because of the nature of the hierarchy, there will inevitably be conflict between members of the pack, because the dominant wolf will try to keep the other wolves in their submissive position, and the submissive wolves will eventually want to reproduce, so it leaves them with two choices, leave the pack and attempt to start their own pack, or challenge the current dominant wolf for control of the pack. There is also the possibility that the dominant male could die, and in which case one of the other wolves of
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