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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thilina Sandaruwan" data-source="post: 9786256" data-attributes="member: 131814">Hooves raised and nostrils flaring,  two stallions rear at one another in a timeless battle for supremacy.  Spring has arrived on the blossoming plains where the horses live in  wild seclusion — and with it, the mating season.It’s an annual ritual among the herd in which its stallions fight to secure mates from the pick of the mares.In  these extraordinary pictures, the stallions, each weighing almost half a  ton, stand on their hind legs like boxers preparing to throw their  first ‘punches’ — fierce blows of their powerful hooves.  <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/03/30/article-1371706-0B47CEE200000578-242_964x630.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Hooves at the ready: These two stallions stand  on their hind legs and prepare to throw the first blows in the annual  battle for supremacy over the pick of the mares The battles are often bloody and  charged with testosterone, but in the end one stallion will win his  conjugal rights, while the vanquished must slink away and lick his  wounds. The victor will  then typically mate with ‘a harem’ of eight or nine mares  — a  manageable number which ensures he can control them, while reserving the  rest of his energy for chasing the other stallions away.    These pictures were taken by  wildlife photographer Vedran Vidak, who has spent many days observing  these magnificent creatures in their natural habitat of West Bosnia’s  Cincar mountain range.‘Since  they live on their own without human interference, they truly accord  with Darwin’s theory of the survival of the fittest,’ he says.  <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/03/30/article-1371706-0B47D37000000578-95_964x620.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Heavyweight contest: Two stallions rare up onto  their hind legs and clatter their hooves against each other in a bid to  dominate the wild herd in the Cincar mountains in Bosnia    <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/03/30/article-1371706-0B47D45D00000578-368_964x443.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Brawl: A powerful bay horse goes to bite the other beast while using its front legs to jab its opponent's neck ‘Each stallion has to show off. He  has to prove he is the dominant male and that his strength and  perseverance are incomparable with any other.’The  herd of 200 horses has recently come down from caverns some 4,000ft up  in the mountains, where they spend their winters to preserve their  strength. <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/03/30/article-1371706-0B47D48C00000578-443_964x352.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Shake hands: These two ponies touch together their front hooves as they nervously jostle for position</blockquote>

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