The Greatest Fights In The Animal Kingdom | Top 5 | BBC Earth

So many females gathered on this cliff inevitably attract the attention of a rival adult male. His goal is to defeat Scarface and take his females. He leads a group of outcast singles into battle. Scarface sees them, he has everything to lose because if the bachelors defeat. Not only will they take his females, they will kill his babies. The bachelors try to reach the top to launch their attack. Scarface warns them to keep their distance, but the bachelors continue with their no no no no no no no no no no no no No Scarface gnashes his teeth to show him his business, but the Bachelor Leader reaches the top of the cliff and gnashes his teeth in response.

If Scarface loses this battle, he will lose his legacy. It's time to attack, aim for the single leader. scarface has won and returns to a hero's welcome the male's entire harem is now at stake a bachelor makes his move the female spits her disapproval the male springs into action using sharp teeth he takes aim at his challenger's testicles a castrating bite the necks They are protected by an especially thick skin. These

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have no rules. The battles are exhausting. The challenger is expelled from his intact masculinity. The male enjoys the rewards while he can. The lace monitor is an agile tree climber.

His long claws allow him to grab the soft bark of the gum tree This particular tree has attracted the attention of a lace monitor because it is home to a female opossum with babies in her nest, so the possum's noisy defense forces the monitor to retreat, but the Hunger drives the lizard to make a second attempt, jumping into the possum's nest seems suicidal, but the monitor barely seems to notice the possum's bite. The lizard takes less than a minute to devour the baby possums inside the nest for the kangaroos the biggest challenges come from their own society for a male there is really only one key lesson to learn in his life to get to the top.

You must become a fighter The battles are so brutal that men need years of training to prepare The effort is worth it because a champion fighter gets privileged access to women This meadow is a training ground for aspiring boxers The training begins as soon as a young man emerges from the bag his mother is a useful opponent for a young joey who is learning the basics, but soon leaves in search of more training partners the other adults are not as tolerant of this lightweight this male is the only one who rules El Prado is eight feet tall, his muscles hardened by years of sparring.

Today, a challenger for his title has shown up. Full-fledged

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are so dangerous that they are not taken lightly, but when two males face each other, it's time to clear out. the arena anything goes in these power fights gouging your eyes out is completely within the rules so kicking below the belt the dominant male skill is already saying the stakes are high they risk broken bones and internal injuries , suddenly it's all over, the champion has defeated the challenger, at least for now, a time when both the egg and the brooding parents are permanently at risk uh the smaller oviraptors are nothing more than a nuisance the larger predators big ones are a different story they are not willing to leave the nest the adult protects its offspring first by hiding and if that fails it goes on the offensive so um um ah protecting the nest means that the young gigantoraptors are more likely to survive.

It now seems clear that the instinct to nurture and care for a nest of eggs originated in dinosaurs. It's a behavior that was so successful that it's still widespread among birds, but the fossils show something else. All the

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s died sitting in their nests. It seems that threats do not always come from predators. Sometimes real danger comes from the most unlikely places. All of these dinosaurs were buried alive.