Why are animals ready to do anything to seduce and survive?

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A Tanguy among the hyenas.

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By: Chantal Lorho Follow

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With 

François Verheggen

(Professor of Functional and Evolutionary Entomology at the University of Liège) for the book

Un Tanguy chez les hyenas: 30 surprising behaviors of animals

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