Which animals mate for life and become so dependant on eachother that when one passes away the other does too?

Question

I heard robins do but i researched that to find it wasn't true

i know there are many large birds that mate for life such as barn owls, bald eagles, golden eagles, condors, swans, brolga cranes, sandhill cranes, pigeons, prions, red-tailed hawks, ospreys, and black vultures, but ive heard there are birds that become so dependandt on their mate that they actually cant live without the other, please help any input u might have would be great

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Answer 1

you got all your info right so far..i know that cats become so attatched to humans or their family...they can't survive long with out the other..

wonder what else kinda info you will find out!

Answer 2

A: 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.

Answer 3

I am not sure if it is a bird. but I know that bees are.

Answer 4

lovebirds?

Answer 5

people

Answer 6

The gray wolf mates for life, 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.

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.

Further Reading:

J. Young and Zuoxin Wang (2004) The Neurobiology of the Pair Bond. Nature Neuroscience. 7:1048-1054.

Answer 7

Apes... his mother was killed and he saw them [men] kill her.. and he loved her so much... He was an adolescent and after seeing his mother die he climbed up a tree and stayed there for 2 weeks until he died..Grieved to Death... I am crying right now , just remembering it

Answer 8

Only some of the animals you have listed here mate for life.  Pigeons sure do not.  The males will mate with any female that's willing.

There are no animals in the animal kingdom that will "die" if the other mate dies.  If that happens, the survivor will find a new mate.  If they did die, the species would not survive, because through time animals get preyed upon all the time.  It is part of wildlife.  Animals may "miss" their mate and not understand what has happened, but they do NOT morn like humans.  Animals except their lives day by day and live in the moment, not like people who regret the yesterdays and worry about the tomorrows.  

Animals do not have emotions like people.  To think so, is being anthropomorphic (attributing human feelings to animals).

Jenika22 is COMPLETELY  wrong.  Monkeys and apes, and termites, etc, etc,  do NOT mate for life, or are loyal to only one other of their species.  The Binobo Chimpanzees of Africa will mate with any female or male that comes along.

Answer 9

some animals, but it's not just to one species (i think)

Answer 10

The albatross.

Answer 11

Penguin

Answer 12

African grey's

Answer 13

Love birds.! there famous for it.

Answer 14

Every living thing dies when it's day comes.

Whales don't pass away but they start to cry.

They make crying sounds.

It's just so emotional and beutiful to watch animals caring for each other.

Answer 15

Dolphins.