• Question: do animals fall in love??? Xxxxx

    Asked by sabburg1 to Antonia, Douglas, Hugh, Matt, Tom on 22 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Antonia Hamilton

      Antonia Hamilton answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      there are animals which mate for life, but I don’t know if it would count as falling in love in the same way as people.

    • Photo: Matthew Hurley

      Matthew Hurley answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      Many animals pair for life, whether they are ‘in love’ though is probably difficult to tell. Although anyone who has seen an animal pine for a lost mate would think they do.

    • Photo: Hugh Roderick

      Hugh Roderick answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      Depends how you define love. Certainly there are animals that form life long bonds with one specific partner and show signs of mourning if they lose that partner.

    • Photo: Tom Hardy

      Tom Hardy answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      Of course. Some animals pair for life!

    • Photo: Douglas Blane

      Douglas Blane answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      Most animals have a different partner every mating season. But a few stay with,or come back to, the same partner all their lives.

      So although humans can’t really know what a turtle dove is feeling, it’s maybe not wrong to say they fall in love.

      Other animals that mate for life include swans, wolves and gibbons.

      There’s some lovely photos and more examples of faithful animals here: http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/pets-animals/photos/11-animals-that-mate-for-life/old-faithful#image

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