Ring-Tailed Lemur
In most species of animals, the males call the shots. But when it comes to ring-tailed lemurs, females rule the roost. These mammals from the island of Madagascar hang out in groups of 15 to 30, and there's one lady lemur who's 'large and in charge' of the whole gang. One of her responsibilities is to lead the primate posse on early morning searches for tasty plants, leaves, flowers, sap and bark. She gets to eat first, but it's not easy to maintain the position as head lemur. When a rival female wants to take over her territory, they have to fight it out!
Males battle each other, too--but, to be honest, they really stink at it! When two male lemurs prepare to fight for the right to breed with the females, they rub smelly stuff from the scent glands on their wrists all over their tails. Next, they flail their tails at each other, flicking the smelly stuff all over. Bet they're fun at a party!