Explores the surprising ways animals have adapted to the pressures on earth to work together, fight each other, and ensure the survival of their offspring
In the perpetual fight for dominance it's never wise to keep your enemies too close - something both lions and cheetahs knows all too well. In many social animal groups, evicted males team up to form a single formidable force that can overthrow the alpha. These powerhouses are better known as male coalitions. The demise of a family's dominant male leaves a gap for a new coalition to take over - in this episode we follow these male gangs on their journey to dominance and establishing new territories and mating rights