Researchers in Australia have found that male dolphins who collectively surround a female that’s ready to breed are more likely to pass along their DNA. In other words, having multiple wingmen is far more successful than going it alone. It sounds vaguely creepy: “Males in alliances have better control of the females – we often see the males swimming around the females one on each side, sometimes one at the back. The female can’t get away from them,” said one scientist.

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