do anhingas mate for life?
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The chicks are blind and helpless when they hatch. Both the male and female feed them regurgitated food. The chicks fledge when they are six weeks old, but they stay with their parents for a few more weeks. Male and female pairs may mate for more than one year and often use the same nesting site.
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It is a term of endearment for a long-term female partner.
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Because of the Asari's long life, the partner will die before the Asari, so he has no further chance to reproduce. So the Asari are constantly weakning other species, while they strengthen their own. And that is only possible, because they can mate with all species, and all species find them attractive.
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According to Swan Lifeline, it has been known for swans to die of a broken heart if they lose their partners, as swans generally mate for life.
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If they are, then they can mate and produce fertile offspring. Looking at the names of a white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), elk (Cervus canadensis), and moose (Alces alces) - one could infer that they would be unable to produce fertile offspring.
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Orcas aren't monogamous. The belief that Orcas stay with one mate for life stemmed from the fact that the same male orcas travel with the same females. It has since been discovered that male orcas stay in a family pod with their mothers, sisters, and aunts for their entire lives.
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This snail is a protandrous hermaphrodite animal, i.e., it is an animal that has both male and female reproductive organs. ... Therefore, to reproduce, seeing that the Giant African Land Snail cannot fertilize itself, it mates with other snails to breed. This mating occurs once in 2 months, and it happens at night only.
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Male raccoons are polygamous, or will mate with several females in succession. Females, however, are monogamous, and will mate with only one male and will not tolerate other males after mating has occurred. ... The life span of raccoons in the wild is estimated at three to five years.
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Soulmates, in a spiritual sense tend to look like each other. Just like pets and their owners tend to look like each other over time, the same is true for people in romantic relationships or even friendships. ... If you can be yourself all the time with your partner, then chances are you are soulmates.
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Dolphins are not monogamous animals and do not typically mate for life. Atlantic bottlenose dolphins live in what are called fission-fusion societies, where pods are constantly changing in size and numbers. Some believe bonds between males are the strongest and most enduring in bottlenose dolphin societies.
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They will often be far happier and content with a mate. Rabbits are not that unlike humans, they also get bored, even depressed, and when they do, they often act it out with destructive behaviour. Take your time to get a new mate, or even better, buy two rabbits from the start.
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Only about 44 percent of waterfowl species—all of which are geese and swans—form long-term, monogamous bonds. ... Monogamy, or pairing for life, is common in geese and swans. They do not form bonds until they are at least two years of age, but more commonly do so in their third or fourth year of life.
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The Na'vi are monogamous creatures that mate for life. Na'vi reproduction is similar to that of placental mammals on Earth. A Na'vi female will typically produce from one to ten offspring, often spaced widely apart in time. Na'vi females have two breasts, and nurse their infants for up to four months.
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The Humboldt penguin originally comes from the west coast of South America. Do penguins have a mate for life? Yes, most penguins have the same partner all their adult lives. When a male penguin reaches breeding age, it will go and find a nest.
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In fact your questions makes a claim that “most animal offsprings do reproduce with their parents”. Such claim seems unsubstantiated in nature. Most animals, including humans, prefer youthful members of the opposite sex as mates for procreation. There could be exceptions, but this is a general rule.
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Social monogamy in mammals is defined as a long term or sequential living arrangement between an adult male and an adult female (heterogeneous pair). It should not be confused with genetic monogamy, which refers to two individuals who only reproduce with one another.
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A. No, robins do not mate for life. Pairs usually remain together during an entire breeding season, which can involve two or three nestings. However, in spring, sometimes a male and female who mated the previous year will both return to the same territory and end up together for another year.