It was noted with the band of feral people, with the alpha males and alpha females, which there tend to be several of each sex that dominate over the rest, that whenever a new feral individual was introduced to the group that there was some activity that was not part of the normal routines.

For a new Female introduced, on a handful of studies, it was noted that body posturing, frequent visits and the need of close proximity to the new female was observed with the top _ of the male pecking order. Having the lowest of the ranking males constantly observing from distant safe observation locations.

Now the interesting thing is that the thinner the female the more aggressive the body posturing and needing to present oneself to the new female. It is speculated that when the female is thinner, she is able to run faster, and is more likely to reject the male presenting himself as a viable mate to the new female.

The Feral men tend to increase their audio verbalization in order to present their voice as a means of imprinting on the female, so that the female is more accustomed to that males voice signature. They tend to present themselves as more flashy in their mating rituals, having larger more abrupt body language, such as large arm movement, bearing teeth in a grinning matter to show themselves as better breeding stock.

The need for the males show of self seems to be present regardless if the female is marked as being previously mated with children or not.

Has anyone notices additional mating rituals of the feral people? In particular use of color or marking oneself with scent when a new female is introduced into a feral colony?