It turned out that male dolphins form an alliance to mate

Marine biologists from Murdoch University have found evidence that male Indo-Pacific

Bottlenose dolphins form alliances, and this behavior was first recorded near the vicinity of theShark Bay in Western Australia.

Notably, such male unions are not unique to the dolphin population in this region.The discovery expands our understanding of the evolutionary and ecological processes that are responsible for the formation of male alliances.

Shooting dolphins. Credit: Murdoch University

Scientists used thousands of photos and conducted social analyses of dolphin behavior to assess whether they make upMales have such alliances in smaller and more isolated environments.In addition, biologists have documented the behavior of dolphins, which has shown that the animals formFor example, dolphins helped each other find females to mate with and guarded each other's potential mates.

Observations were carried out from June 2011 to March 2017. Scientists conducted 187 surveys.

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