Sentences with phrase «alpha females gain»
To quantify the benefits that alpha females gain from such behavior, researchers gave subordinate female meerkats contraceptive shots that stopped their reproduction for 9 months.
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During that time, the dominant female gained more weight and groomed bigger pups, while the subordinates provided more food and care for the alpha's babies, the researchers report in Nature Communications.
When an alpha male took over the tribe, the females would simulate estrus, the period of ovulation, to copulate with him and convince him that he was the father of their offspring, thereby gaining his protection.