The two siblings in this coyote family used to play evenhandedly — this is not so now. In the first slide, as one of the siblings begins to dominate the other, Mom snarls her discontent at them and moves away from them. Notice that one sibling continually goes after the other one to dominate by pushing him, mounting him or forcing him to the ground — it is always the same one that does this. In the end, the dominated runs off from his tormentor, almost always with ears back, tail under and back arched. These photos were taken at the beginning of October — about when I started noticing this one-sided pattern to sibling interactions.
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26 Nov 2010 Leave a comment
by yipps:janetkessler in coyote behavior, dominant vs. submissive, hierarchy, playing
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