Is there such a thing as monogamy in the animal world?

In principle, there is everything possible somewhere – nature is very diverse in principle.

But that’s why nature, uh, is “complicated.” There are no simple answers.

Aaaaso: “The” birds are not monogamous. But there are species of which one thought (Attention: Past form!), they are. Specifically, the duck birds, in particular geese, and there, in particular, the abnormality of the swans.

You have a firm partner, you often see them with the firm partner, you know that they live with him even if “man” doesn’t see them, … they are considered to be a romanticized epitome of monogamy badly.

That they are not, science has become aware lately. At the moment when DNA tests were so cheap that ornithologists could afford to simply test large stocks of swan populations.

Result: Many descendants of couples, had another producer. No one had observed that swans were going outside until then.

Intermediate: Swans live socially monogamous, sexual but not.

Other example: Penguins are (usually) extremely monogamous – but they do not live together. However, at the breeding season they not only manage to return to the breeding ground on time, no, they also pair with the same partner. After the end of the breeding season, you float again separate paths.

Intermediate: Penguins are not socially monogamous, but sexual.

Overall Conclusion: It’s complicated. ; And it’s not always the way it seems.