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These Lizards Have Been Playing Rock-Paper-Scissors for 15 Million Years

Season 3 Episode 9

Male side-blotched lizards have more than one way to get the girl. Orange males are bullies. Yellows are sneaks. Blues team up with a buddy to protect their territories. Who wins? It depends - on a genetic game of roshambo.

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