Are any Animals Truly Monogamous?
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Monogamy --the practice of mating with a single individual for an extended period of time--isn'tthat popular in the animal kingdom. Only about 3% of mammals are monogamous, and, although95% of birds pair off (at least for one breeding season), paternity tests have revealed thatthe avian world is chock-full of cheaters.The least loyal bird species might be the superb fairywren: they form lifelong bondsand, if you watched a pair of them from morning 'til night for an entire breeding season,you'd think they were perfectly faithful. But that's only because female fairywrenscheat under cover of darkness. Using radio transmitters to track their movements, researchersdiscovered that fertile females make daily, pre-dawn flights to other te...
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Monogamy --the practice of mating with a single individual for an extended period of time--isn'tthat popular in the animal kingdom. Only about 3% of mammals are monogamous, and, although95% of birds pair off (at least for one breeding season), paternity tests have revealed thatthe avian world is chock-full of cheaters.The least loyal bird species might be the superb fairywren: they form lifelong bondsand, if you watched a pair of them from morning 'til night for an entire breeding season,you'd think they were perfectly faithful. But that's only because female fairywrenscheat under cover of darkness. Using radio transmitters to track their movements, researchersdiscovered that fertile females make daily, pre-dawn flights to other te...
