Being an alpha male is overrated. All that strutting about, looking hard, butting antlers and locking horns. Totally unnecessary. Alpha males are the ones who lead the charge to war, and get mashed up in their tens of thousands. It's happened all through history too.

You don't get more alpha than the dinosaurs. They ruled the world with their massive thighs and rippling muscles. The poor mammals had to hide in holes and cower. But look what happened, the dinosaurs, so obsessed with being alpha and tough, were not paying attention to what was going on above them. They all got wiped out and the little mammals took over. Now the most alpha animals are all mammals, lions, tigers, gorillas, rhinos etc. All endangered.

Contrast them with beta mammals not concerned with standing out and ruling their peers. Think mice, rabbits, little dogs. They thrive and would survive another meteor far better than the other alpha males mentioned above would do.

Alpha's suck. Long live the betas!