Bottlenose dolphins: ‘Gangs’ run society, scientists say

BBC Nature, March 2012 (Photo: Whitney Friedman, SBDRA)

Male bottlenose dolphins organise gang-like alliances – guarding females against other groups and occasionally “changing sides”.

A team studying dolphins in Shark Bay, western Australia, say the animals roam hundreds of square kilometres, often encountering other dolphin groups.

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