I don't know how well attested it may be, but somewhere I ran across the notion that second-tier chimps get the most action, because the alpha chimp must spend almost all his time shoring up his (male) political base.
[if NB had the same habits at home as in the field, imagine him busy with paperwork trying to run the empire from 0100-0600, during which time his Marshalls ("Ein bisschen dreist, ein bisschen Mut"?) were occupying themselves in sidesprings?]
shall we call this “cavalier-mode”? Bernadotte due to his ties, and most of the other marshalls due to other ties, couldnt enjoy the spoils of war, but Lasalle?
[if NB had the same habits at home as in the field, imagine him busy with paperwork trying to run the empire from 0100-0600, during which time his Marshalls ("Ein bisschen dreist, ein bisschen Mut"?) were occupying themselves in sidesprings?]