2007-06-18 11:36:13 · 11 answers · asked by hobo 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Penguins, wolves, and sometimes... humans.
Also here are some cited in the link below:
"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."
2007-06-18 11:45:16 · answer #1 · answered by Dee 2 · 4⤊ 2⤋
A recent study showed that, in a group of swans, about 25% of the goslings were not the offspring of the male partner of the female. They found that many of the females wandered around at night, and mated with other males. Although they had a life partner, they roamed a bit. Perhaps "mate for life" means different things to different animals.
2007-06-18 12:20:22 · answer #2 · answered by Labsci 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Most albatross species mate for life. Some penguins do too but not all. While penguins such as Adelies, Gentoos and Royals nearly always have the same mate, that is because they each go to the same nest every year and meet there. If one does not turn up or is very late for some reason, the one who has the nest will happily take another mate.
2007-06-18 19:04:49 · answer #3 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
11-T - unless the animals take vows, which they might, they aren't cheating. Some animals most definitely have higher moral standards than humans - there are some pretty poor examples of animals in mankind. -------------------------- I'm actually Dr Doolittle, so I'm very familiar with the various vows and ceremonies conducted in the animal kingdom - and those Swans are a testy bunch. ----- Happy Festivus and High 5! ----------------------- I'm looking for a serious look, if you will. My new avatar is the best effort I'll give to this end, today at least.
2016-05-19 00:52:13 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the real world very few animals mate for life. Most animals have a very short life span. The urge to reproduce is second to daily survival. There have been more studies done over the last ten years than show mating for life is just not all that common.
It certainly is not common for humans. We modern humans have been attempting monogamous relationships for about 10000 years with limited success. Easy enough to understand. Humans spent about a million years having sex whenever, and with whomever they pleased.
"Among birds, faithful sex partnership had been thought for many years to be widespread. Only recently, using advanced genetic fingerprinting techniques to determine parentage, have scientists determined that some thirty percent of the time, male birds help to raise chicks that are not their own. The mother bird, in other words, lays eggs of mixed lineage--sure evidence of her promiscuity (2)."
http://www.students.emory.edu/HYBRIDVIGOR/issue1/mating.htm
Mating for Life? It's Not for the Birds of the Bees
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9C0CEFDC143FF932A1575BC0A966958260
2007-06-18 13:46:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Canadian Snow Geese is one for absolute certain. The other two I'm not too sure of but you can use two from some of the other answers. Possibly seahorses but that I'm not 100% sure of. And some humans as well have been married 45 years and so, people.
2007-06-18 18:00:51 · answer #6 · answered by Professor Armitage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the male angler fish "mates for life" as when he finds a female angler fish he fuses with her--he basically becomes a sperm sack attatched to the side of her body. now, even though the female angler has got a male stuck to the side of her body, there is nothing to prevent other males from attatching to her also.
female octopus also "mate for life," in the sense that after a successful mating she will seclude herself to take care of her brood, and upon their hatching she dies...no more mating for her.
in a sense, some species of whiptail lizards "mate for life," as their offspring are the result of parthenogenisis...so the offspring will always have the same parent =X
lolz. but these are just smartass answers to your question. i couldn't help myself. don't listen to me.
2007-06-18 15:05:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
morning doves mate for life and if their partner dies they go on with out them without finding another one. Peguins also mate for life, and I'm sure there a lot more but thats all I can think off
2007-06-18 14:56:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wolves, hawks - I only have two!
2007-06-18 11:43:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anna Lynn 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ducks do. And humans, sometimes, anyway.
2007-06-18 11:43:35 · answer #10 · answered by amg503 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋