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Willingness to fight seems to be a successful genetic trait for them. If you don't fight, your troop starves. I don't think "manipulation" has anything to do with it... if the troop doesn't pass on successful genes, the troop dies. So of course the fighters are the ones that mate!

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Well, shunning fighting is also a successful trait or else the male monkeys wouldn't be doing it. A good strategy for them is perhaps to appears as if they are a great fighters but in reality back down from most dangerous fights.

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Fonzie was famous for (almost) never fighting while cultivating a reputation for a fierce fighter. Throughout the show, almost without exception, people would simply back down. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A-DCWlLfOQ

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