The family has a social structure and you learn to work within that families social structure. The family can be any size, it can be two or 200 size does not matter. You will be molded by the family structure. The environment influences the family as does the season and predators. The family’s have a boundaries, imaginary fences. You stay on your side of the fence you are protected by the family. If your youngster wanders across the fence the opposing family eats your youngster for dinner.

So now my (pre programmed self) wants to say that males will vie for dominance within a family and chase some out to preserve genetic diversity so I just got lost. Do a few wondering lone males such as in lions round up a few wondering females or do they steal them or did I just skew into a parallel reality.

My instinct tell me that the hatchlings are not welcome within the family structure and families are formed as young animals disperse but I must think Birds! OK so birds do allow the youngsters to co-exist until such a time that they choose to leave or are driven away or made to fend for themselves.

Boy lizards are not as easy as snakes! I must be learning because I feel like I am back at school!
I need tutoring as I just got lost.
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