Patterns of deference and dominance are as natural for humans as they are for other animals. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Spotted hyenas of both sexes (yes, both) have a habit of displaying erections to acknowledge that they sit lower down the pecking order. Chickens invented the very concept of pecking orders.

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