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[–] Stonewyvvern@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (8 children)

Carrots improve eyesight...nah, just military misinformation that is now a staple for parents to get their kids to eat their carrots

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[–] Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (4 children)

There are species that do have leader types in the social hierarchies though. Gorillas for example, or orcas.

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[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Someone needs to tell all the authors involved in the wave of trash urban fantasy books that flooded the market a while back, using this to write werewolves. (True Blood, etc.)

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Oh A/B/O is just a genre now. Blame fanfic, mpreg, and primal fetisists

[–] 58008@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I've heard this debunk a lot over the years, and I don't disbelieve it, but is it not the case that one or two animals (wolves or otherwise) in a group will be the "bosses" or something close to being dominant over the others? Is all of that internal power struggling we see in groups/families of animals not really what it seems? Or is the "alpha" stuff different from that? Or does it only apply to wolves, and "alphas" do exist in other animal species?

Yours, confused and uneducated,

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[–] lath@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

You can sorta see the alpha thingamajig in hyenas. The chick with the biggest clit gets a possy of white knights trying to please her.

But it's not obligatory. Dudes just chilling together and biting asses can still happen without a chick to lead them on.

[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

Different social animals have different social structures. Wolves generally live in family units, led by the parents. Wasps and gorillas have complicated group politics, with alliances, betrayals and backroom deals. Some primitive ants have a 'might is right' system, with the strongest becoming the queen and fighting off challengers. Most ants have a highly democratic system, with decisions made using chemical 'votes' (cast by the workers; drones and queens don't have a say).

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[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago
[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Did Schenkel deliberately make up that alpha shit (which would justify calling his paper "bogus") or was he just bad at research?

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