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- Megan, selected from Mother Nature Network
- February 26, 2011
- 4:03 pm
- 407 comments
Wolves
Often portrayed as tricksters and con artists in popular folklore, wolves have a family life that is actually more loyal and pious than most human relationships. Normally, packs consist of a male, a female and their offspring, essentially making wolf packs akin to a nuclear family.
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Interesting. Us humans could learn a thing or two from these faithful creatures!
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too bad people are not so evolved
Biologists have long understood that monogamy is rare in mammals. Of about 4,000 mammalian species, only a handful have ever been called monogamous. The tiny list includes beavers and a couple of other rodents, otters, bats, certain foxes, a few hoofed mammals, and some primates -- notably gibbons and the tamarins and marmosets of the tropical New World.
The idea of mating for life is antiquated and based on fairy tale religious and overly conservative human centered values.
Maybe humans will be able to learn more about wolves and other animals, if man doesn't continue to kill them off. We need to treat our animals (yes, even those in the wild) much better.
no, not really. some wolves aren't as monogomas as you think. sometimes they go away and get a new mate. they radio collared and studied one male and saw he had a few mates from differnt packs. he is stuffed in in a museum or education center or something.
All creatures,great and small :-)
Interesting, its sad to think that so many animals can mate for life, and people can't...
Interesting, its sad to think that so many animals can mate for life, and people can't...
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