Clicking knees are antelopes' way of saying 'back off'
Thursday, November 6, 2008 - 15:14
in Paleontology & Archaeology
An old eland bull. Knee clicking can establish mating rights among antelopes. A study of eland antelopes, published in the open access journal BMC Biology, has uncovered the dominance displays used by males to settle disputes over access to fertile females, without resorting to genuine violence.