11 animals that mate for life
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Bald eagles
They are the national emblem of the United States, and when it comes to maintaining relationships, bald eagles soar much higher than the country they symbolize. Bald eagles typically mate for life, except in the event of their partner's death or impotency — a number far lower than America's divorce rate, which now exceeds 50 percent.
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where r the penguins???
It's debatable that humans are monogamous. Why would there be polygamous societies?
Soar like an eagle!
A beautifully created being which also evolves... AT THE SAME TIME!
(just like everything else. If there is a god which thought this all up, then I marvel at the sheer multitude of their creation. The inspiration is everywhere. And if there isn't, then boy aren't we lucky to get to live with such beauty in nature anyway! Just the ability to perceive it all. Just to be able to imagine being an eagle soaring high above the trees. Just the ability to choose how we.... More
This is very sweet! It's also an exemplary demonstration of what the word "monogamous" really means. Simply the fact that humans have more than one relationship in their lifetimes (not by the cause of the death of a partner) demonstrates that humans aren't innately monogamous.
There's also some evidence by the size of a male ape's testicles about how polygamous the animal is. Chimpanzees having some of the largest testicles of apes are sexually promiscuous while gorillas with.... More
I believe Apalachi (I may have spelled it wrong) mate for life also. THat's why they find pebbles.
Rabbits, despite popular belief, often bond with a mate for life, and can 'pine' when one dies.
If you do...you surely remember the episode where Phoebe tells Ross that he is Rachel's lobster...in that lobster's mate for life. She even goes on to say that you can actually find elderly lobster couples walking around in their tank holding claws! Lol.
Just wanted to diffuse all the seriousness going on here!!
Alligators will alos mate for life.
Canadian geese also mate for life.
so do gorillas. not to be confused with the militia or the band... but the animals. think about that.
The military can include Geurillas. The Gorillaz rock. No one was confused. But thanks for that specificity.
Canada geese! They do not have citizenship.
There are many more that mate for life and one of the more popular are Penguins. YOU LEAVE OUT THE PENGUINS!!!!
emperor penguins mate for life too!!!!!
Emperor Penguins mate for life as well. The female chooses her partner and they stay together until they die.
I love how this article keeps criticizing the human relationships in every single slide
cardinals also mate for life.
I wonder why orca's weren't on the list.
I believe geese mate for life
I think that people should take after our national symbol the bald eagle and try not to rush into marriage so that we can have lasting bonds. It's also funny how one of the birds is staring at the photographer like, "What is that thing you're holding up to your eye. And why is it pointed at me?"
Good cross section. DELIGHTFULLY written. Great pictures!!!!! Thank you!!!!
i thought Pon said to Zi that when a Penguin Found It's Mate they Stay Together for the rest of their Lives?
.....Because we created him; and we see us as the centre of the universe. To think another way is everything in the universe is having a life by it's own way and is equally important to anything else. Or nothing in the universe is important.
now if they posted a matching list that mentioned animals who mate for pleasure, not for recreation or procreation. lol now i'd definitely read that list, even if it was short.
Monkeys do it for pleasure as well tbh....
i believe dolphins are the only animal besides people known to do this
The only animals on that list would be humans.
chickens do too
So do lobsters
I like how they said that eagles mate for life, except in the event of one partner's death! LOL Isn't that the very definition of mating for life?
Mating for life could also mean having only one partner for the rest of the animal's life. In the case of turtledoves, for example, if the mate dies, the survivor will not take another mate for the remainder of its life.
God is real...and I love penguins. I've always heard they mate for life.
Isn't there some different groups of penguins that mate for life also?
PS. It's fun to see what people put on here from reading about these animals to then talking about God and science.
Seahorses also are a species that mates for life and is also monogamus. Sometime ago I read that they remain single after the mate dies, found it to be very interesting, as well as reading this article, good read!
The Carolina Wren is another monogamous species.
They left out Raccoons
they also left out canada geese
most of these are not mammals does that meanmammals are not as faithful?
'Mate for life' indicates that the same pair mates for life (and it may or may not mean that they are monogamous) although, this article shows that some of the species mentioned are monogamous. I think it is a very interesting and fun to read article - especially as one who finds interest in the breeding of animals. Thank you for posting this!
they're so sweet..i wish all humans were as faithful as those animals that mate for life..
allow for disorderly behavior. People need to stop tolerating undignified behavior.
Haribon also mates for life. This is one of the reason they are endangered.
I doubt this was meant as an exhaustive account of all species which mate for life. Also, the number of technicalities, as in the termite's case, and typically, generally, sometimes, make me wonder just how often these animals break their faithful behavior.
All in all, this is not meant to be a very deep article, so criticisms about depth are probably best withheld.
Foxes are also mated pairs for life :)
... not always the case. Dolphins have sex with their siblings and other animal species. Gorillas are known to kill a rival, rape the rival's mate, and eat the rival's child.
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God isn't real. But if it is, he certainly is telling us something there.
Geese mate for life as well right
Have sex for pleasure not just procreation. They also rape other Dolphins (young stupid juveniles) and when they do, well, Dolphins do have a justice system in their pods. If they rape they can and do dole out a serious beating and may or may not kill the offender.
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