The misunderstood concept of Alpha males

🦍What we know from the animal world indicates that being an "alpha male" is most likely not quite what you think it is.

📚References:

1. Wright et al., Animal Behaviour 2019

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347219300909

2. Romero et al., PNAS 2010

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1006991107

3. Gesquiere et al., Science 2011

https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.1207120?casa_token=vf0ippXFyk4AAAAA%3A2RGncnv28DbhT1nTsatZzHvYwajXsDK4n1sQGAjax5BiypbsantZjghG3Q4rjai9WTdZM8gWY5YjkK8