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Fighting Walnut Flies: Alternative Male Strategies
What do you do if you're really tiny???
Animal behaviorists are increasingly turning their attention to "alternative male strategies" -- ways of winning that don't require being the biggest or the best.
In this clip, an obviously tiny male isn't chased off by the much bigger male. Wing-flicks, poking, nothing seems to work. That little guy just simply refuses to fight! And, as a result, he gets to stay on the walnut.
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Or, view one of the other clips:
Stage One: chasing
Stage Two: boxing
Stage Three: escalate to...
Stage Four: the kiss