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bettyellen

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51. But a lot of groups of mammals exclude the males most of the time....

Wed May 20, 2015, 06:53 PM

May 2015

The moms and young ones have their own larger packs, and just get pregnant when they run into packs of males. Elephants and loads of other species work like that. I was surprised male lions hunt so infrequently, they more often come in and claim a share after the lionesses have made their kill.

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