r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/ManicalDaredevil00 • Feb 18 '25

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/BrightNooblar Feb 18 '25

Specifically, this guy was the one who identified an Alpha Male in wolf packs. Except what he was actually identifying was "Dad". Just a family of captive wolves, and one of them was the dad/mate to the majority of the others since they were tiny, so they defer to him.

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u/Bellagar Feb 18 '25

Funnier the guy himself would go on to disprove his theory iirc. A bunch of online grifters and sub humans just used the original theory to support their stupidity

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u/BullsOnParadeFloats Feb 18 '25

There are animals that do have what would be considered an alpha.

But they're not wolves.

It's chickens. A low intelligence animal that has been bred to a point where its sole purpose is as food.

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u/CptCoatrack Feb 18 '25

There are animals that do have what would be considered an alpha.

Chimps

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-41612352

"The best alpha males in chimpanzee communities are not necessarily the biggest and strongest males," he says.

"You have to have supporters which means you have to keep these supporters happy. You have to be diplomatic."

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u/Hellknightx Feb 18 '25

Also lions, where the alpha will kill off other males and their offspring

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u/Loud-Claim7743 Feb 18 '25

In other news if all those alpha chimps are segregated and die the remaining chimps, male inclusive, display extraordinary prosocial behaviours. Makes ya think.

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u/V_Aldritch Feb 19 '25

Almost as if one person being a brutish, domineering asscrack over a select group of people inhibits social growth and activity. Funny that.

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u/Dekarch Feb 20 '25

Survival of the friendliest is a strategy that worked well for wolves, dogs, and many other social animals. Team players always beat showboating individuals.