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by LeMeThink on October 30th, 2007
Gibbon apes, wolves, termites, coyotes, barn owls, beavers, bald eagles, golden eagles, condors, swans, brolga cranes, French angel fish, sandhill cranes, pigeons, prions (a seabird), red-tailed hawks, anglerfish, ospreys, prairie voles (a rodent), and black vultures — are a few that mate for life
http://www.wonderquest.com/animal-mate-for-life.htm
by Eltinwe has a life Swan - DYOH on October 30th, 2007
Penguins.
Shingleback Skink.
Whooping cranes.
Geese and Swans.
Whales.
Beavers.
Condors and Eagles.
Crows.
Bunches of other various birds and fish.
Occasionally people...
by devil is back on October 30th, 2007
Praying Mantis
by Gideon on October 30th, 2007
Ducks and lobsters.
by Grandma Roses - my avatar is my real dog on October 30th, 2007
Bald eagles.
here is a good list:
http://www.wonderquest.com/animal-mate-for-life.htm
by Sosueme on April 16th, 2009
There are a lot. Penquins and dolphins come to mind.
by John on April 16th, 2009
i think wolves mate for life, +4.
by Pixie - jeg er elsket on April 15th, 2009
Penguins :D
by ARTICFOX700 on April 15th, 2009
swans do and so do seahorses..
by Lori K still ignores stalkers and trolls on February 25th, 2009
Gibbon apes, wolves, termites, coyotes, barn owls, beavers, bald eagles, golden eagles, condors, swans, brolga cranes, French angel fish, sandhill cranes, pigeons, prions (a seabird), red-tailed hawks, anglerfish, ospreys, prairie voles (a rodent), and black vultures — are a few that mate for life.
Of course, it depends on what you mean by "mate for life." These creatures do mate for life in the social sense of living together in pairs but they rarely stay strictly faithful. About 90 percent of the 9,700 bird species pair, mate, and raise chicks together — some returning together to the same nest site year after year. Males, however, often raise other males’ offspring unknowingly. DNA testing reveals that the social-pair male did not father 10, 20, and sometimes 40 percent of the chicks.
Black vultures, though, discourage infidelity. All nearby vultures attack any vulture caught philandering.
Only about 3 percent of the 4,000 mammal species are monogamous (and Homo sapiens isn’t one of them). Beavers, otters, bats, wolves, some foxes, a few hoofed animals, and some primates live together in social pairs but dally sexually much as birds do.
Wolves, for example, are generally monogamous but also breed polygamously if the male is unrelated to the female and prey is plentiful. Moreover, they sometimes have more than one mate in a lifetime, says Dan Stahler, biologist at the Yellowstone Gray Wolf Restoration Program run by the National Park Service. This happens "if one mate dies, gets kicked out of the pack, or is physically unable to breed due to injury, illness, etc."
One species is absolutely monogamous. In the black darkness of the deep sea, the tiny male anglerfish (perhaps one tenth the female’s size) detects and follows the scent trail of a female of his own species. Once found, he bites his chosen one and hangs on. His skin fuses to hers, their bodies grow together (he gets his food through a common blood supply and becomes essentially a sperm producing organ). They mate for life — a short life for the male.
by CaRbOnPrOdUcK is Baccuss on February 25th, 2009
Large Parrots, although, on rare occations, some do cheat.
by Nancy on February 25th, 2009
cockatiels
by ShoulderPadQueen on February 25th, 2009
canadian geese
by Kierafaye on February 25th, 2009
penguins
and some baboons
i dont know if it was a special case but after a baboon's mate passed away at a zoo we went to she had to be moved to her own environment because she would attack any baboon who would come near.
and people try to say animals dont have feelings or souls, are they blind?
by Sid on February 25th, 2009
Swan.
by Kevisaurus is a Carnotaurus today on October 30th, 2007
by floam84 on October 30th, 2007
Swans.
by Stargater on April 16th, 2009
Gibbon apes, termites, coyotes, barn owls, beavers, bald eagles, golden eagles, condors, swans, pigeons, red-tailed hawks, ospreys and black vultures — are a few that mate for life:)+++++
by Tveg on April 16th, 2009
Pterophyllum Scalare - the common freshwater Angelfish. Actually, many Cichlids (family Cichlidae) in particular mate for life.
by strange1 still in pb on April 16th, 2009
albatros
penguin
seahorse
by Porter on April 16th, 2009
peaple
by Brian on April 15th, 2009
I've heard that rabbits keep mating for life, although it might be with many different partners. :p
Otherwise, I know that some humans do.
by Firebrand on April 11th, 2009
Penguins
Swans
by Timjon on April 11th, 2009
wolves, and I believe eagles do as well.
by Bull wears a COAT of many colours on April 11th, 2009
Geese and some penquins.
by Shopping_US on April 11th, 2009
Snow geese
by hotmonga on April 11th, 2009
Canada geese and wolves
by pops on February 25th, 2009
I believe earth worms of asexual. Am I wrong?
by Shavale is very happy on February 25th, 2009
Black widow males. Heh.
by DueceGod - doGeceuD on February 25th, 2009
Seahorse
by koldkanuck on May 22nd, 2008
Canada Geese
by Sandra havent been here since forever on May 22nd, 2008
humans hehehe just kidding
by jadeDjenni on May 22nd, 2008
Macaws mate for life. That's why proven pairs are so expensive!
by nevets - badgicide on October 30th, 2007
Penguins!
by Phil wonders where everyone is??? on April 16th, 2009
Penguins
by tony b on April 16th, 2009
ducks
by Conor on April 11th, 2009
Ugly people!! :)
by Bookworm on April 11th, 2009
emperor penguins
by blackjack on July 17th, 2010
Hydralisks mate for life. Not to be confused with Lurkers which generally divorce at a young age.
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Hey, thanks. I had no idea there were so many.
by Jodie44 on October 30th, 2007