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Dogs and quail are gregarious animals, creatures that, left to their own devices, live in groups. They need a leader in order to have the cohesion and discipline to survive, and establishing dominance is something that male dogs need to determine. Male dogs and quail fight unless they already know between them who is boss. The last thing that a dominant animal instinctively wants to do is to kill the second strongest member of the pack, so this fighting is a show of force, a test of skill that rarely involves serious injury.
Islam Qualla Park, Pul-i-Kumri, Samanghan Province, Afghanistan (LP18.282.09)