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. 2005 Jul;18(3):244–258. doi: 10.1080/08998280.2005.11928075

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Young male Australian sea lions confront each other in practice bouts of sparring, in preparation for competition for females as adults. Male-male competition is one form of sexual selection and often results in males being larger than females and having more formidable weaponry.