Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Sigma Game: Alpha & Sigma Males in Animals

The Alpha and Sigma male human have dominant animal counterparts in primates like gorillas and rats.
 
Alpha male rats maintain a harem of (beta) female rats while Alpha male "Sigma" counterpart rats are called "Gamma" male rats which are lone dominant rats that stake out their own territory and mate serially with females although not a pack leader of beta male rats.
 
Alpha male gorillas of a clan have "Sigma" counterparts that "drift" in-and-out of different gorilla groups, not having a "stable" main group clan and cuckold competing Alpha gorillas busy protecting their territory from other Alpha gorillas and other animals; while "Sigma" gorilla mates with multiple female gorillas before wandering off to different groups.

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