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Males 29 and 31 in a hostile kiss. ©MRR 2017

31 aims a bite at 29’s flank as the other dog retreats. This would be scored as a territorial dispute and chase (TD, C) but with no fight (F), as the two prairie dogs did not roll into full-contact fighting. ©MRR 2017

Both males jump away from each other upon breaking a hostile kiss. ©MRR 2017

29 and 45 go airborne in an intense contact fight. ©MRR 2017

The two dogs break apart. Contact fights usually only last a couple to a few seconds. ©MRR 2017

A full contact fight. ©MRR 2017

The fight breaks apart. ©MRR 2017

A full contact fight occurs. ©MRR 2017

A lucky still shot captures Triple Stripe biting 51 in the face as they fight. ©MRR 2017

49 tackles R21. ©MRR 2017

The two females again break into a contact fight. ©MRR 2017

On this day, WA9 had ventured too close to the burrow Wetsuit had claimed. Though these two females live in the same clan and are blood related, after they have copulated they become defensively aggressive over potential nursery burrows. ©MRR 2017

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