These are purported to be the method used by
alpha wolves on their young.
The vital flaw in this lycanthopic fiasco is that when trainers cite the supposed dominant behavior of
alpha wolves, top dogs and bitches, they actually give an accurate description of insecure, middle - ranking males — the annoying blustering of little furry sacs of testosterone.
Alpha wolves lead their puppies because they are their parents.
The «
alpha wolves» parts come from that.
But most of your characters are these awesome, tattooed, bearded, handsome,
alpha wolves which, yeah, just threw a curve ball there at our listeners.
Yes, they're
alpha wolves.
As both are
Alpha wolves, they are equally matched in the accepted social order.
In other words, some people are born to be
alpha wolves, and the rest will work in the mailroom.
A leading example of this is Betty Friedan, who, whatever might be one's disagreement with her, surely can not be charged with having hit upon revisionism as a «marketing tool,» or with being no more than «a fallen leader who is clearly distressed and angry that she wasn't allowed to be
the Alpha wolf as long as she would have liked.»
But after the general election landslide that saw the party take 56 of the 59 constituencies available in Scotland, Salmond is now
an alpha wolf with a large, well - organised pack.
Dr. Glenn Livingston: Like uh — It's almost like a challenging wolf to the omeg — to the uhm —
alpha wolf in the pack.
After a series of lab - rat experiments conducted aboard a space station go horribly awry, resulting in the entire facility self - destructing in the opening scene, samples of Caldwell's formula fall to Earth, infecting George (who swells to King Kong proportions),
an alpha wolf somewhere in Southern Wyoming, and a crocodile in Everglades National Park.
Even though they are from the same pack, Humphrey (voice of Justin Long) has no hope of winning the affections of Kate (voice of Hayden Panettiere) because she is
an alpha wolf, while he is at the bottom of the social order.
The next burst sent them turning away; led by
the alpha wolf, they fled into the mountains like a yellow storm, their ears pinned against their heads and their necks pulled into their shoulders.
When she finds the man who could be her mate, she's shocked to discover Gideon is
the Alpha wolf of the Talon Pack.
It is not casual, indeed that with the resurgence of the «dominance
alpha wolf theory» fueled by Cesar Millans» National Geographic show the «Dog Whisperer» the number of dog bites are one the rise.
The early literature on social organization of wolves painted the picture that there was
an alpha wolf, and that all the other wolves tried to get to the top in their lifetime.
When
the Alpha wolf issues an order - pack members listen and mind or they don't survive.
However, domestication has wrought many changes: instead of
an alpha wolf, the single - dog household pack may have several leaders — all of them human.
Even if the owner is aware that science classifies the dog as a subspecies of wolf, it does him no good to know that
the alpha wolf controls his underlings with a stare or a stiff - legged gait or a rollover.
The alpha wolf remains in charge until he gets old or is seriously injured in a hunt or a fight with interlopers; the battle to replace him is often fierce and sometimes deadly, but once a new leader is chosen, things generally settle down so the pack can get on with the business of survival.
The dominant male —
the alpha wolf — rules over all, the dominant female comes next, and all others usually give way in eating from the kill or producing the next generation of cubs.
Contrary to popular belief, research studies of wolves in their natural habitat demonstrate that wolves are not dominated by an «
alpha wolf» who is the most aggressive pack member.
Their dominant position in the pack would earn
the alpha wolf the very best parts of the prey.
Vital Essentials explains that the name refers to
the alpha wolf — the leader of the pack.
When
an alpha wolf needs to get her point across to the subordinates, he will cause them some distress either by chasing them away from food or a mate, pinning them to the ground to show she's boss, or even go as far as a nip or bite.
lure
the alpha wolf to the door.
Not exact matches
There are queen bees,
alpha gorillas, and male - female
wolf pairs that dominate the pack.
As the writer Saladin Ahmed pointed out, the concept of «
alpha male»
wolves that assert dominance over their pack through aggression comes from a debunked model of lupine social groups.
Alphas, he wrote in his 1970 book «The
Wolf: Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species,» win control of their packs in violent fights with other males.
Wolves hunt and share food together and while they have internal pack struggles to determine the
alpha, they do not kill the loser for the fact that the group relies upon each other.
If all no 10s were
wolves, Ozil would be the
ALPHA.
They conclude: «Contrary to existing theory that characterizes the lone attacker as sophisticated (i.e.
alpha personalities), this study shows that, in fact, lone
wolf terrorists are often betas who evolve similarly to the animal hierarchy.»
This brand of dominance represents a radical transformation from the snarling dominance of an
alpha male in a pack of
wolves, or the mouse tyrant lording it over his trembling colony.
A
wolf, for instance, typically gets to be the
alpha male in his pack by demonstrating an ability to chew off the ears of subordinates, and he reminds them of this talent by frequent snarling.
Their evolutionary lineage split off from
wolves about two million years ago, but like those dogs they hunt in packs typically ranging from eight to 14 animals, dominated by an
alpha male and female.
August 8, 2012 — A kill order was issued by the Fish and Wildlife Service to its sister agency, U.S.D.A. Wildlife Services, to shoot the
alpha female of the Fox Mountain Pack of Mexican gray
wolves due to the seven - member pack preying on four head of cattle over several months.
Mexican
wolf packs are generally fairly small, consisting of an adult
alpha pair, a yearling or two, and pups of the year.
The submissive
alpha female is a woman who is strong, confident, bold, and assertive in her life and her dealings with people in general — but Among
wolves, female social rank is irrelevant to
alpha male mate choice.
After these notable performances, Mihok continued to create memorable and diverse roles in such films as THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, DARK BLUE, BASIC, CONNIE AND CARLA, director Shane Black's KISS KISS BANG BANG, 10TH &
WOLF, HOLLYWOODLAND, SEX AND DEATH 101, THE LONGSHOTS, Marvel's PUNISHER: WAR ZONE, and the unsettling motion - capture performance of the
Alpha Male creature that went toe - to - toe with Will Smith in I AM LEGEND.
Grillo plays Diaz, a trouble - maker who clashes with Ottway in a curious parallel to the way the
wolves tracking the crash survivors vie for
alpha status in their pack.
«The Jungle Book» also stars Scarlett Johansson as the hypnotizing python Kaa, Christopher Walken as the smooth - talking orangutan King Louie, Lupita Nyong» o as the protective mother
wolf Raksha and Giancarlo Esposito as the
wolf pack's
alpha male Akela.
The world of nature seen in this movie makes me believe that the filmmakers had
wolves and bees confused with their thoughts of
Alphas and Omegas.
Each litter of
wolves can have
alphas and there are no «omegas» — just other
wolves.
After all, the «
alphas» are just leaders, not genetically bred super
wolves.
Martin Scorsese's adds another
alpha male to the
wolf pack.
Kate, meanwhile, is supposed to marry airhead
Alpha Garth (Chris Carmack), their union a strategic move to smooth over relations between our lead
wolves and the rival neighbor Eastern Pack.
Related Reviews: New: Despicable Me • Yogi Bear's All - Star Comedy Christmas Caper • Easy A 2010 Family Films: Toy Story 3 • Marmaduke • The Spy Next Door • The Karate Kid • The Sorcerer's Apprentice From the Creators of
Alpha and Omega: The Fox and the Hound • Brother Bear 2 • Bambi II • Dinosaur • The Emperor's New Groove Lady and the Tramp • Brother Bear • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa • The Wild • Bolt Never Cry
Wolf • White Fang • Fantastic Mr. Fox • The Search for Santa Paws • Pom Poko Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs • Surf's Up • Chicken Little • Valiant • The Penguins of Madagascar: I Was a Penguin Zombie Justin Long's Voice: Planet 51 • Alvin and the Chipmunks • Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Justin Long: Old Dogs • Herbie: Fully Loaded • Galaxy Quest Hayden Panettiere: A Bug's Life • Remember the Titans • Ice Princess Danny Glover: The Shaggy Dog (2006) • Angels in the Outfield Christina Ricci: Speed Racer • That Darn Cat (1997)
In this case, we have a
wolf, a crocodile and an albino gorilla mutating into
alpha predators.
Another Year (2010) Buried (2010) Flipped (2010) Griff the Invisible (2010) Kick - Ass (2010) Knight and Day (2010) Secretariat (2010) Submarine (2010) Super (2010) Undisputed 3: Redemption (2010) Another Earth (2011) Bridesmaids (2011) The Cabin in the Woods (2011) Colombiana (2011) Damsels in Distress (2011) Friends with Kids (2011) Hugo (2011) The Intouchables (2011) Midnight in Paris (2011) Sleep Tight (2011) Disconnect (2012) Django Unchained (2012) Extracted (2012) Hitchcock (2012) The Hunger Games (2012) Pieta (2012) Ruby Sparks (2012) Seven Psychopaths (2012) About Time (2013) Alan Partridge:
Alpha Papa (2013) In a World... (2013) Locke (2013) Nebraska (2013) Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) Red 2 (2013) Rush (2013) Starred Up (2013) This is the End (2013) The Way, Way Back (2013)
Wolf Creek 2 (2013) Birdman (2014) Force Majeure (2014) Frank (2014) The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) The Guest (2014) I Origins (2014)(2014) Nightcrawler (2014) The Trip to Italy (2014) What We Do in the Shadows (2014) X+Y (2014) Chappie (2015) The Final Girls (2015) Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation (2015) Mr. Holmes (2015) Suburra (2015) Tale of Tales (2015) Trumbo (2015) Youth (2015) At the End of the Tunnel (2016) Sing Street (2016)