Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Dominance

A critically endangered and federally endangered male Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) named Lamydoc, at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas. Lamydoc was born in 1962.

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A critically endangered and federally endangered male Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) named Lamydoc, at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas. Lamydoc was born in 1962.

Photo: Male greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) at a display ground near Craig, CO.

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Male greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) at a display ground near Craig, CO.

Photo: Wild male Attwater's prarie-chickens face off for the chance to breed with females at The Nature Conservancy's Texas City Prairie Preserve.

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Wild male Attwater’s prarie-chickens face off for the chance to breed with females at The Nature Conservancy’s Texas City Prairie Preserve.

Photo: Wild male Attwater's prarie-chickens face off for the chance to breed with females at The Nature Conservancy's Texas City Prairie Preserve.

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Wild male Attwater’s prarie-chickens face off for the chance to breed with females at The Nature Conservancy’s Texas City Prairie Preserve.

Photo: Wild male Attwater's prarie-chickens face off for the chance to breed with females at The Nature Conservancy's Texas City Prairie Preserve.

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Wild male Attwater’s prarie-chickens face off for the chance to breed with females at The Nature Conservancy’s Texas City Prairie Preserve.

Photo: A male Attwater's prairie chicken booming (as seen through the fogged lens of a remote camera.)

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A male Attwater’s prairie chicken booming (as seen through the fogged lens of a remote camera.)

Photo: A female Attwater's prairie-chicken amid booming males vying for her attention at The Nature Conservancy's Texas City Prairie Preserve.

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A female Attwater’s prairie-chicken amid booming males vying for her attention at The Nature Conservancy’s Texas City Prairie Preserve.

Photo: A male Attwater's prairie chicken booming at The Nature Conservancy's Texas City Prairie Preserve.

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A male Attwater’s prairie chicken booming at The Nature Conservancy’s Texas City Prairie Preserve.

Photo: A wild male Attwater's prairie-chicken booming at The Nature Conservancy's Texas City Prairie Preserve.

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A wild male Attwater’s prairie-chicken booming at The Nature Conservancy’s Texas City Prairie Preserve.

Photo: Wild male Attwater's prarie-chickens face off for the chance to breed with females at The Nature Conservancy's Texas City Prairie Preserve.

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Wild male Attwater’s prarie-chickens face off for the chance to breed with females at The Nature Conservancy’s Texas City Prairie Preserve.

Photo: Wild male Attwater's prarie-chickens face off for the chance to breed with females at The Nature Conservancy's Texas City Prairie Preserve.

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Wild male Attwater’s prarie-chickens face off for the chance to breed with females at The Nature Conservancy’s Texas City Prairie Preserve.

Photo: A wild male Attwater's prairie-chicken booming at The Nature Conservancy's Texas City Prairie Preserve.

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A wild male Attwater’s prairie-chicken booming at The Nature Conservancy’s Texas City Prairie Preserve.

Photo: A male Attwater's prairie chicken at The Nature Conservancy's Texas City Prairie Preserve.

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A male Attwater’s prairie chicken at The Nature Conservancy’s Texas City Prairie Preserve.

Photo: An endangered Attwater's prairie-chicken over one of its last booming grounds in Texas' coastal prairie.

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An endangered Attwater’s prairie-chicken over one of its last booming grounds in Texas’ coastal prairie.

Photo: Male Attwater's prarie-chicken on a lek near Texas City, Texas.

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Male Attwater’s prarie-chicken on a lek near Texas City, Texas.

Photo: One of few remaining wild male Attwater's prairie-chickens performs for potential mates at The Nature Conservancy's Texas City Prairie Preserve.

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One of few remaining wild male Attwater’s prairie-chickens performs for potential mates at The Nature Conservancy’s Texas City Prairie Preserve.

Photo: One of few remaining wild male Attwater's prairie-chickens performs for potential mates at The Nature Conservancy's Texas City Prairie Preserve.

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One of few remaining wild male Attwater’s prairie-chickens performs for potential mates at The Nature Conservancy’s Texas City Prairie Preserve.

Photo: Two male Attwater's prairie-chickens face off at The Nature Conservancy's Texas City Prairie Preserve.

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Two male Attwater’s prairie-chickens face off at The Nature Conservancy’s Texas City Prairie Preserve.

Photo: Two male Attwater's prairie-chickens face off at The Nature Conservancy's Texas City Prairie Preserve.

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Two male Attwater’s prairie-chickens face off at The Nature Conservancy’s Texas City Prairie Preserve.

Photo: One of few remaining wild male Attwater's prairie-chickens performs for potential mates at The Nature Conservancy's Texas City Prairie Preserve.

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One of few remaining wild male Attwater’s prairie-chickens performs for potential mates at The Nature Conservancy’s Texas City Prairie Preserve.

Photo: A wild male Attwater's prairie-chicken booming at The Nature Conservancy's Texas City Prairie Preserve.

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A wild male Attwater’s prairie-chicken booming at The Nature Conservancy’s Texas City Prairie Preserve.

Photo: Two male Attwater's prairie-chickens fight for dominance and position at The Nature Conservancy's Texas City Prairie Preserve.

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Two male Attwater’s prairie-chickens fight for dominance and position at The Nature Conservancy’s Texas City Prairie Preserve. Though fights are common, the birds are seldom injured. The strongest males usually end up in the center of the booming ground, displaying and squabbling constantly with other males in case a female flies in to select a mate.

Photo: Basic training at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida.

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Basic training at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida.

Photo: Basic training at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida.

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Basic training at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida. (Individual IDs are available upon request.)

Photo: Basic training at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida.

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Basic training at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida. (Individual IDs are available upon request.)

Photo: Basic training at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida.

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Basic training at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida. (Individual IDs are available upon request.)

Photo: Basic training at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida.

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Basic training at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida. (Individual IDs are available upon request.)

Photo: Basic training at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida.

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Basic training at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida. (Individual IDs are available upon request.)

Photo: Basic training at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida.

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Basic training at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida. (Individual IDs are available upon request.)

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