Do animals fall in love?

Answer 1

That depends upon how you define love.

If you consider love to be just the response to various biochemical reactions in your brain, then likely. We know hormones in humans are also found in other mammal and have similiar effects. Less sure about birds or other lesser species. Give a rat an injection of vasopressin and it becomes extremely protective of its mate - to the point of killing rivals. Experiments in humans suggest that males gain more of similiar hormones when separated from their partners for long periods of time.

If you consider love to be the combination of chemicals causing jealousy, attachment, familiarity, protective behavior, desire to mate, comfort with another, etc. then chances are that animals (at least mammals) do fall in love since they have the same chemicals flowing through their brain as we do.

If you consider emotions as being the result of higher reasoning -- i.e. actually realizing that you are in love -- then there isn't such strong evidence. Certainly, their is little evidence that an animal with conciously decide to fall in love or to not be in love. Then again, humans can't seem to control the emotion conciously either.

Answer 2

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Is that which we call love any more than just a mating instinct? Our devotion towards our partners is most likely a solution to the fact that we birth helpless young that reach maturity and independence relatively late in their lives. This solution is executed primarily by hormones and backed by conscious analysis, which provide a reason to stay by making you feel good around when you are "in love." Back before modern conveniences, rearing small children alongside hunting for food for the 10+ years that it takes for children to reach independence would have been an incredibly difficult task. Having a steadfast partner that would share that workload would have made survival of the single guardian and children much more likely. This emotion was probably amplified by our social nature, as we generally enjoy the company of others, sexual interest or not. While we cannot understand the level at which our fellow creatures experience emotions, it is possible that creatures with young of similar needs have developed the same solution. Take bald eagles, for example. These birds nest in the fall and lay eggs in the winter. It takes two birds working in shifts to ensure that the eggs do not freeze and that the parent does not starve. An eagle probably does not feel consciously obliged to sit around and ensure that its partner carries out parenthood successfully, as humans can be, but rather is obeying the same set of feel-good hormonal cues that prompt us (or at least most of us) to stay with our partners.

Answer 3

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Do animals fall in love?

Answer 4

Nope. Only humans fall in and out of love. It is a gross misconception that wild animals mate for life. Sorry folks, it just does NOT happen. What does happen is a female of some species will choose a single male mate for that breeding season.

Penguins are a good example. It is not for love either. It is because they hatch one chick and the parents must use all their energy to raise that one chick. It is not sound ecologically or evolutionary for wild animals to have one partner. Nature is about diversity, not homogeneity.

Promiscuity is more the rule in the world of wild animals.

Answer 5

I believe some animals do like penguins (sorry about spelling) and maybe some others but I also think most of them just mate for the purpose of making more of them selves to keep their race going.

Answer 6

YES.... PURE LOVE... bonds with life time attachments... probably better than human love.....their love is on a level
above humans.... yes... they have better attachments than
people, we aren't that superior, we don't have the purity
and kindness of animals in us, most humans don't anyway,
we should strive to be as good as our animals... humans
are tarnished and faulted, animals have pure motivation
to love another animal

Answer 7

That depends on what you mean by falling in love. What humans refer to as "love" is merely built off of sexual attraction. If it is between family members or close friends, then it is built off of parental, filial, social, or familial attractions. Other animals are no different.

Answer 8

Perhaps not as intensely as people do, but there is evidence that some bond for life and can readily identify one another and grieve at their loss. Altruistically, I'd say yes, in some species--birds and cats to name two.

Answer 9

I dont want to say that they do, when in reality I don't believe we can actually answer that... but I think I can say that they do get attached to whomever lives with them or share their lives with... because I do know they get depressed when a partner dies.....but I just dont want to say yes, to this... so I'll go with "There's the possibility"

Answer 10

Some animals have the same breeding partner for life, so maybe yes?