# s-behav: mama's boys among spotted hyenas

<< Males that stay at home are not second-class males but can breed as successfully as their more adventurous competitors that leave home, a new long-term study on spotted hyenas shows. >>

<< Spotted hyenas live in female-dominated groups of up to 100 individuals and express highly complex social behaviour. >>

Mama’s boys are not losers in spotted hyenas! 17 March 2016 Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. (FVB)

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Eve Davidian, Alexandre Courtiol, et al. Why do some males choose to breed at home when most other males disperse? Science Advances  18 Mar 2016: Vol. 2, no. 3, e1501236 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501236

http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/3/e1501236