A Male Stallion Fights to Keep His Harem for Himself 🐴 America’s Wild Seasons | Smithsonian Channel

A dominant stallion is facing a bachelor uprising, determined to mate with his harem of mares. If he wants to keep what’s his, he’ll have to fight for it-a battle as old as the surrounding plains.
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[@JesgateOnDown]

All stallions are male. It should be titled "A Stallion Fights To Keep His Harem For Himself"

[@itsapittie]

The title was written by the Department of Redundancy Department.

[@may5588]

A stallion is an uncastrated adult male horse

[@virginiamoss7045]

@@may5588 And just for educating the public further, a castrated horse (obviously male) is referred to as a gelding or a horse that has been gelded.

[@may5588]

@@virginiamoss7045 yes. Good info I Love horses 🐴 🐎. It is called a gelding. Horses are gelded to keep the gene pool strong. And also helps with behavior., but it does not take the place of proper training.

[@etuc_fuzwy3055]

I think it doesn't matter😅

[@suzanneyoung8011]

What they fail to mention is that the herd stallion would have already mated with that mare in heat and possibly several times. Even if the bachelor stallion had been successful, the foal she would carry would likely be the herd stallion's.

[@jujub4553]

And the new stallion would have probably killed the foal 😭

[@NikkiDoll-fo4xu]

Natural asset Companies policies coming into play 2024 ..wild horses are being eradicated EVERYWHERE and it's being blamed on cattle and livestock owners. Please look into it!!

[@bnewtz7492]

@@jujub4553False. When stallions steal a mare that's already pregnant, they almost always adopt the foal as their own, regardless if they share his blood or not. Especially if if's a filly foal. It means that once she grows he can breed her as well as her mother.

[@shyfillie3368]

U don't need the word "male". It's redundant. Gorgeous seeing them naturally.

[@jlove8445]

I know right? I’m so offended they had to play identity politics in this video. First of all, the horses formerly known as stallions are “Zeerer’s” from now on please.. And the broodnares formerly known as broodmares or mares are to be referred to from now on as either “whirs” or just nothing at all!! Just complete silence!!

[@JayJayShawtyBae]

Literally go cry about something important I can’t believe the usage of CORRECT pronouns is bothering you. You need to touch grass.

[@jatin9897]

The stallion is strong enough to deal with bachelor's herd 😁😂

[@ubidullahbinshajhan1556]

YEAH sTRONgest WIlL have rigHT tO BrEEd . immaginE IF tHIs wAy HumenS Woood DO WHaT WOOd hapPeN Xd

[@jatin9897]

@@ubidullahbinshajhan1556 🤣🤟

[@hel3o167]

​@@ubidullahbinshajhan1556it will be easier

[@RobertEWaters]

Now, a FEMALE stallion would have been a real news story.

[@austro1675]

modern day trans movement be like:

[@austro1675]

@Roxanna Lopez same logic as 'trans woman?' you mean a man? words don't mean anything anymore apparently

[@kalfunai]

How many litres?

[@mystashat8499]

Stallion means male horse-

[@Lara-234]

Mare is the name for female horses..

[@ArtemisGreenleaf]

I'd be fascinated to see footage of a female stallion!

[@zhongxina475]

Females aren’t called stallion…….

[@Enigm4475]

@@zhongxina475 r/woooosh

[@CherryBlossom-yn7oq]

@@zhongxina475 Did you read the title of the video? Now understand OC's sarcasm.

[@cathyheston3029]

?

[@JoeMama-ot9jv]

Have u heard of Megan thee stallion?

[@wendywoodside9574]

The male stallion is exceptionally rare...... 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Tyson-co4oc]

Wild and beautiful as they should be

[@ewarodewicz7577]

Exactly. Nobody who truly love horses would want them to be slaves.

[@DamnItMantis]

@@ewarodewicz7577 Please educate yourself. Thanks.

[@mirandaholmberg5778]

@@ewarodewicz7577 They're not our "slaves" they're our partners, we work together as a team. Please educate yourself

[@ewarodewicz7577]

​ @DamnItMantis I've been educating myself for over 30 years. Horses ARE your slaves. You never listen to them. You, at best, try to make your demands more understandable for them. They don't want to be ridden. Pulling stuff while in the team with another horse - maybe yes. But riding - NO. It's always stressful for them. It may be minor when they have a relationship with their rider, it is major when they are ridden by whoever feels like it.

[@ewarodewicz7577]

@mirandaholmberg5778 I've been educating myself for over 30 years. Horses ARE your slaves. You never listen to them. You, at best, try to make your demands more understandable for them. They don't want to be ridden. Pulling stuff while in the team with another horse - maybe yes. But riding - NO. It's always stressful for them. It may be minor when they have a relationship with their rider, it is major when they are ridden by whoever feels like it.

[@sherylllll3058]

"The bachelor uprising" now that sounds promising

[@itsapittie]

The life of a wild horse is not easy. All those white marks on the herd stallion's legs are probably scars from many combats over the years. When they rear and paw at one another the legs take most of the hits. Someday a youngster will injure the old guy to the point that he can't run or defend himself and he'll become a mountain lion's meal.

[@dominicdsilva1922]

do lions eat horses?

[@itsapittie]

@@dominicdsilva1922 mountain lions mostly eat deer but they definitely eat horses at times. A healthy adult horse is usually too much for a mountain lion to handle but they'll take young or injured ones if they get a chance. Like all predators, mountain lions are opportunistic. They'll even eat carrion if it's available.

[@ewarodewicz7577]

That's life of a wild stallion with his harem, not every single wild (feral, or just free) horse. It's MUCH worse to have a life of a racehorse or jumphorse, or even just an avarage pleasure ride horse for that matter. Even of scars aren't that visible, since they're from the bit, inside horse's mouth.

[@DamnItMantis]

@@ewarodewicz7577 That’s not true. While I agree that horse racing is cruel and should be stopped pleasure riding does NOT leave scars. My horses are trail horses and they’re very well cared for. I don’t even use a bit; I use a hackamore. So no mouth scars. And bits when used properly should not cause scars.

[@comedy_stories758]

​@@DamnItMantiswhat is a hack More

[@thenwordpolice6982]

The real harem mc.

[@randomvielleuse527]

Seriously, Smithsonian? Who wrote that title and why in the world hasn't it been fixed already?

[@patmcbride9853]

If the bachelors worked together, one could spar with the "male" stallion while the other s mated with the mares.

[@guy8646]

Too much self-interest for that.

[@_Chessa_]

I’ve witness this happen many times actually. Not so uncommon as you might think. Male Elk and Male Zebra have been observed to do the same when two males are fighting. Opportunity for the less dominant and less dominant horse can go in. The daughters that stick with the Stallion in the herd are usually more keen to try and seek out mating when the Stallion is busy fighting bachelors. Ive also witnessed male horses mounting each other. Crazy stuff in the animal world. Lol

[@lagopusvulpuz1571]

@@_Chessa_ i guess that is a way of preventing inbreeding. The daughter can have a chance to mate with a male that they aren’t related. I saw it in wolves. The male refused to mate with his daughters. The females were in heat & wanted to mate & one saw an opportunity in an outsider male.

[@joebloggs619]

....and then they could switch roles... But then the girls might decide they're sick of all this mating and getting pregnant and labour, birthing etc and try sparring instead. With the rest of the girls, since they"d soon be crushed by the mighty stallions if they striped fighting them. So best just fight the girls instead. But where would that leave the stallions after they fought their male battles? Bring stuck with trying to mate with each other? As in "Make Love, Not War, Mate. Peace, Man! You may be a black stallion and me a white one, but we're mighty brothers who love each other.... Say, have you ever had strange feelings, like that you may not be male, after all? Don't be shy. The girls are too busy fighting each other. But you can confide in me... Wanna try it? You might like it better with the lads than the girls... And we also know where the water is... Cm'on, mate. Let's get it on and forget all this fighting stuff... ". .

[@maximillian1109]

The issue is that its not the stallions who decide who gets to mate, but the mares. And usually of one or more stallions are allowed to remain on the herds territory, that means they are liked by the mares. It is probably more likely the mares will come defend the stallion if he needs help, than just accept some new horse on their land.

[@Bendesho]

Next video, "Domesticated horses react to the 'Stallion Fights to Keep Harem for Himself' video"

[@rhysclunis6252]

You fixed the tittle.

[@justinm.1]

It’s always the Bachelor stallions that like to cause problems…..unsurprisingly they fail lol

[@jessiesungmanitou9369]

I'm cracking up! Read the title before but dared a comment on it only now. Sometimes language gives way to hilarious creations.

[@macmel2160]

Even with animals, the male species still fighting over the ladies …😽 🐈 power ✊🏾

[@enerra7640]

Wow, so now we've seen a male stallion. Now get me a female stallion, I've never seen those in my life Is that some new species?

[@jlove8445]

Caitlyn Jenner. That is probably as close to a female stallion as you’ll ever get… I can’t think of too many other female stallions, I mean I’m not privy to what “Bruce” Jenner (the Olympian) did to himself precisely, but I can tell you, he was a stallion, that was converted into a broodmare. 🐴 We should have been surgeons you and I, we could make a couple years salary by chopping up some random fruit cake every 6 months and could vacation the rest of the year in the islands, and go horse back riding whenever we wanted too!

[@gingerbaker4579]

Unfortunately, the voiceover & you know next to nothing about horses. A wild horse herd is led by a DOMINANT mare who is the ONLY reason why the herd survives. She leads the herd to water, winter pastures, etc. The stallion is utterly and completely irrelevant in comparison. The ONLY purpose a stallion possesses is to breed. Beyond that he has no value.

[@jlove8445]

@@gingerbaker4579 as a matter of fact I know a lot more about horses than you Ginger. I have bred over 30 horses and have my own ranch full of beautiful horses. You merely watch wild horse videos on KZbin and just base your opinion on hearsay. Now smarten up…

[@ewarodewicz7577]

Stop treating horses as slaves abd then you will understand more than you'd imagine.

[@oushhuv5152]

this man sounds like he'd give you mad attitude

[@cathydavis1877]

Yes he is a stallion!

[@heyboss318]

Beautiful

[@user-qr8ki8ue4i]

"A male Stallion." As opposed to what? :) :) :)

[@jeffdirte2773]

That camo horse tho

[@lagopusvulpuz1571]

Definition of Stallion: “an uncastrated adult male horse”. No need to put “ Male stallion” in the title. It would be like saying “a female Mare”.

[@josellers1376]

Indeed! God bless you and your family, Merry Christmas.

[@RosieRoan]

Plot Twist: The stallion is a Trans-Mare.

[@suparoo100]

lol

[@savagetoonsandtoys8186]

The wild horses remind me of spirit the stallion 🐴

[@tededcaluag2978]

Why does the background music sound like it's being filmed from a tv?

[@JK-lp6uw]

A Male Stallion??? Wow!!

[@Moribus_Artibus]

"Emboldened by testosterone" 😂

[@Cat-qz9tu]

looks like the herd got some new blood added

[@afsha1997]

Horses are just cool guys walking around the town 😭

[@leeannlee]

A male Stallion, is that like a male Man? 😂😂😂

[@g.w.hampton5525]

A male stallion??? really??? That reminds me of a horse I once saw advertised.. 1/2 quarter and 1/2 gelding.. o.O

[@virgilpalmer2427]

He looks like he has strong legs ..

[@Enigm4475]

Male stallion? Is there also a female stallion? :>

[@djeio]

Meghan i believe they are called

[@RomelaCepeda]

@@djeio 🙄

[@giovanalaurence]

@@RomelaCepeda oh come on it was funny

[@rhysclunis6252]

Meg thee stallion

[@RomelaCepeda]

@@giovanalaurence I thought he meant Meghan Markle.

[@HUNTERpcp]

tanks

[@longshotmisfit5830]

Is there another kind of Stallion? In this world who knows I suppose. 😏🙃

[@childcrone]

This is so dramatized and un-realistic. What a weird thing for an actual scientific entity to put out.

[@maximillian1109]

Stallions dont keep a harem of mares. Thats so outdated and wrong. The stallion is allowed to remain on the mares territory since he has proven himself strong and healthy. When other stallions come around and wanna ”apply” to stay on the territory instead, they are not fighting for a harem. They are fighting to show who is the strongest and thus is wanted by the mares. The mares rule the herd, and stallions are relatively low in value to them.

[@egusisoup1826]

Pretty sure this isn’t true. They don’t “prove” themselves to the mares, they fight off opposing males for breeding rights. I don’t think mares are particularly picky when it comes to breeding, as they go into heat, implying they’ll breed with whomever is there. The lead stallion just postures to drive away potential competition. The lead mare controls where the group goes for food

[@Stephan0720]

lol found the woke feminist

[@gingerbaker4579]

@@egusisoup1826 Unfortunately, the voiceover & you know next to nothing about horses. A wild horse herd is led by a DOMINANT mare who is the ONLY reason why the herd survives. She leads the herd to water, winter pastures, etc. The stallion is utterly and completely irrelevant in comparison. The ONLY purpose a stallion possesses is to breed. Beyond that he has no value.

[@gingerbaker4579]

@@Stephan0720 Unfortunately, the voiceover & you know next to nothing about horses. A wild horse herd is led by a DOMINANT mare who is the ONLY reason why the herd survives. She leads the herd to water, winter pastures, etc. The stallion is utterly and completely irrelevant in comparison. The ONLY purpose a stallion possesses is to breed. Beyond that he has no value.

[@egusisoup1826]

@@gingerbaker4579 Did you not read my comment, because nothing I said is in opposition to your statement? But to call stallions useless seems mosguided. It's like calling soldiers useless because the general leads the troops. The stallions job is to be a line of defense, while the lead mare guides the unit. But I'm no expert on horses, nor do I pretend to be. But to me, it seems your own biases are causing you to take a contrary position for the sake of it

[@raqeeblewis5216]

We’re can I watch a full episode of this

[@tayler7441]

Click on Show More under the description and you'll see the links.

[@beverlysmith8025]

Male stallion?

[@camojoe83]

Male stallion. Pull their funding. Now. *NOW!*

[@firefish21]

Male stallion... Thanks for clarification

[@tonik2734]

So is the title written by the Smithsonian also? If so, certainly it need not be stated that a stallion is a male.

[@xdulceguerax]

I'm so glad it was a male stallion and not a female one...

[@shelliewerner5624]

AMAZING footage !!!

[@pennybone6304]

a male stallion, as opposed to a female stallion! wow

[@imbangladeshi8092]

Wow Bro

[@marypernell7590]

Fun fact: ALL stallions are male.

[@keshhan6412]

"A Male Stallion..."?

[@vernonfrance2974]

The title phrase "A male stallion" is redundant. By definition stallions are always male.

[@israelsantos7896]

Male Stallion??... really Smithsonian?? 🤔 Wonder what a female stallion fight would look like?😁

[@Pam_Doddridge]

A male stallion, do we now have female stallions?

[@redneckgirl3326]

A male stallion? I didn't know there were female ones.

[@illuminate1111]

He forced himself onto her

[@z.mohamad337]

Question : Why does a wild horse not need to trim hooves ? Do the hooves do not need to be cut or are they not long?

[@christinawolfe4255]

They wear their hooves down naturally.

[@Dell-ol6hb]

only horses in captivity need to have their hooves artificially trimmed this is because they are often kept in a stable or enclosed space for large amounts of time and they wear horseshoes, in the wild horses naturally wear their hooves down

[@julianaprice6403]

Mustangs odly enough can go about 8 months before trimming in captivity but in the wild rocks and other things trim them down

[@ewarodewicz7577]

Answer: horses are more than fine without any care or help from humans when they're left alone, wild and free. It's becsuse being in captivity is so unnatural for them they need extra care.

[@DamnItMantis]

@@ewarodewicz7577 Stop with your PETA-like rants. Horses will never fully be free, and I know for certain that I myself will own horses until I’m dead. Back off and stop judging horse owners. Let me guess, dogs and cats should be free too? Hamsters?

[@greedy_onigiri]

I'm confused about the other guys, what's keeps them from ganging up on the one stallion? The way the he was boxing with his hooves doesn't look like it'd be effective against a group of bachelors...but I guess they're horses and coordinated attacks may be too much to expect

[@spideyfanw1748]

Nah, Horse’s are smarter than you think, they just respect the 1v1’s.

[@greedy_onigiri]

@@spideyfanw1748 No disrespect to the horses, I just thought it was peculiar.

[@tayler7441]

Maybe in stallion dueling, one-on-one is honorable and ganging up is unsportsmanlike.

[@greedy_onigiri]

@@tayler7441 lol they're animals

[@guy8646]

There’s too much self-interest for cooperative attacks.

[@ximenakelley]

1:22 “roving band of incels”

[@MrSang-py3dd]

My favorite horse breed on RDR2. One thing Marlboro commercials did to me as a kid is not smoking is cool but cowboys are cool.

[@Ysumbruh0]

Medieval cars fight to keep its harem

[@puppetseducer]

💀

[@julieenslow5915]

A Male Stallion? Really male? As opposed to what?

[@lindac5273]

No , duh, a stallion is only male 🤯

[@merlioo755]

🤠

[@margo3367]

So, I understood that horses can mate anytime, like people, but then the narrator said the female was in heat. Can both be true?

[@jamiemoss3633]

Mares are fertile when they're in heat(ovulating). They have multiple heat cycles. For wild horses it's not really ideal to reproduce whenever; they can end up having a foal during the winter.

[@guyjordan3652]

a male stud hummm

[@judydorfner5417]

There are female stallions? LOL

[@109367]

A MALE stallion ??? lol okay

[@cobaltcanarycherry]

Fire the person that wrote the title for this video.

[@hasansaleem4983]

how edited this is!

[@davidrojas3881]

Everyone's complaining about the male stallion, but me? I'm wishing this was narrated by Nick Offerman.

[@swarupsaha4087]

Who are the natural predators of mustangs..

[@cobaltcanarycherry]

Puma. Coyote grab foals, attack weak and sick horses. Wolves, but I expect they rarely intersect. Mostly men with helicopters and canning factories, ranchers with guns.

[@dustintacohands1107]

Wolves go after full grow elk so horse not much different. But also Puma and sometimes coyotes alligator and bears. But usually not worth it considering how hardy a horse is with good vision heavy hooves pack mentality and mean bite. Probably only way to control these beasts is humans.

[@Tomboy2456]

@@dustintacohands1107 No. Horses are prey animals that have been naturally controlled by wild cats like Pumas, wolves, coyotes, etc. Man is not required except that we have killed many of the natural enemies of horses, deer, elk etc.

[@dustintacohands1107]

@@Tomboy2456 they overpopulate without humans bud

[@MrJeffcoley1]

@@Tomboy2456 ...and, we've restricted the horses' range. If they were free to roam the plains the population would disperse and naturally stabilize. However, within the small area they're confined overgrazing and overpopulation is a problem that must be managed.

[@ameeruddinsyed1376]

Stallions have better life...☹️☹️

[@aloksinghrajput7874]

Harem this world sounds so terrifying,,, didn't want to hear it

[@puppetseducer]

Then why are you here

[@amybettencourt3404]

I never realized that stallions came in any gender besides male... Well, you learn something new every day! 🙄

[@introvertedequinesamsara6593]

Everyone there's going to be a bill that takes 90,000 mustangs from the wild and sells most of them to meat buyers all so cattle farmers can have more grazing land.

[@NolanStidham]

Cool

[@calgal7828]

Thanks for the video....but all stallions are male. 😂

[@drawingmomentum]

Breathtakingly beauty! I live in debeque colorado and have land out by the wild mustangs in the little bookcliffs. I don'tlike that blmrounds them up for auctionsand most end up not well cared for or worse. I ❤ 🐎 🐴 🐎 🐴!!!

[@catherinelw9365]

"Male Stallion". Aren't all stallions male? Odd title.

[@samsmith3968]

Oh my. They are just as bad as a pride of lions.

[@jeanettecook1088]

All stallions are male. Maybe you'll want to edit your title before publishing next time.

[@rodneyparisien1997]

Maybe you want to watch the video before publishing a comment

[@patmcbride9853]

@@rodneyparisien1997 "Male" still means stallion, troll. Not one, single thing in the video refutes her comment. And you have no idea if she watched or not.

[@badddkattt]

Smithsonian is being inclusive.

[@MrJeffcoley1]

@@rodneyparisien1997 A stallion is an adult male horse. ANY adult male horse, with or without a harem of mares. If the male horse is neutered he's called a gelding.

[@moofymoo]

mare can identify herself as a stallion!! we live in woke world.

[@lekistick1013]

.."the male stallion..." So is there a female stallion?

[@samsabastian5560]

A male Stallion Smithsonian Channel. Where did you learn English?

[@tonyarichards5430]

So is his name Putin?

[@stephenbachman132]

They didn't do anything. Thats not a fight.

[@christinawolfe4255]

A MALE stallion? Aren't stallions usually male?

[@sirmeowthelibrarycat]

🤔 A male horse that is intact is a stallion. There is no such creature as a male stallion, or a female mare. Must do better, Smithsonian!

[@morpheus6394]

Please use metric system, the audience is global. PLEASE

[@joebloggs619]

America is still imperial. Australia is now metric but most older people still think in imperial because metric measurement is hard to visualise if you were raised on imperial. So, the world is not all metric.

[@BlueLikeAnIKEABag]

@@joebloggs619 Most of the world is. You can't cater to just the US alone

[@summerruby201]

It is so obvious that the narrator is American. So, naturally, an American would use the Imperial system because it is used in America nationwide. Most Americans can't convert into metric without Google. So, asking the narrator to convert imperial units of measurement into metric units of measurement is silly.

[@orvillecarnegie8950]

A male stallion???

[@see.cees_reason3805]

There is no such thing called a “female stallion”

[@MrJeffcoley1]

"Male stallion?" Assuming a lot there, Smithsonian. How do you know what gender this stallion identifies as? Do you even KNOW which pronouns this horse being prefers? DO YOU EVEN CARE?!!

[@sirmeowthelibrarycat]

🤣 Very funny, indeed! Mockery is a most amusing weapon to defeat idiocy.

[@hurricane4534]

Ya Donkey heHaw HeHaw He Haw 😂 love it

[@puppetseducer]

This would be funny if people weren't actually like this.

[@snowwhite6966]

😂😂😂👍

[@jlove8445]

This wasn’t a sarcastic comment peoples! Why no pronouns as there should be? Those aren’t horses and mares, those are whirs, zeerer’s C’mon!!!

[@SACWarrior70s]

THE AUDIO SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS RECORDED USING A MIC TO PICKUP SOUND FROM A BOX... YOU CAN HEAR IT. THE SOUNDTRACK IS FROM THE REMOTE RECORDIST ON SITE. IS THIS WHAT IS SMITHSONIAN SOUND NOW? YUCK!

[@guy8646]

Aren’t most nature documentary sounds all made up/crafted in the studio after the fact?

[@bewareofchickens]

Wow a male stallion. As opposed to a female stallion? The title is so annoying. Oh god the horse noises overlayed are so terrible too.

[@r11rrr97]

A male Stalion ????

[@waters228_91]

What a redundant title.

[@Kyankrahn1]

Wait there are female stallions?

[@braudhadoch3432]

I think if Religion didnt alter our instincts men would follow these instincts. Islam still lives by these laws of Harems.

[@sybillewells7852]

A Male Stallion ????? is there a female stallion?

[@soufianeeljaafari7790]

The word harem is it from Arabic?

[@TheNewOrder121]

Hes just copying what i do cheat.

[@khaledkema8359]

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