malik – Dec 11, 2006 12:00 AM

Malik continues to show more acceptance of a possible change in male rank position, although he will still take an opportunity if Shadow’s compromised. In this week’s video, Malik learns to avoid Shadow and Grizzer if Shadow’s in command, because it usually means Grizzer will redirect to Malik. Overall, these dominance rituals are noisy in terms of growling, but there has been no indication of hard bites between the males. This is very different than female ritualized dominance, which is much more physical.