What animals form monogamous relationships?
Lar gibbon - One of the only primate that stay in monogamous relationships. Gibbons have been found to live in close families.
Swans- Swans have become a common symbol of mating for life. The males often help in building the nest and keeping the egg warm and incubating. The pair of birds will often return to this nest for many following years.
Malagasy giant rat -These rats are the few monogamous rodents. Both parents stay with there babies while they grow up. Though the rodents will stay with there partner for life, if one of them dies the other will find another partner to replace the old one.
Albatross- Albatrosses are famous for their flirtatiousness mating dances. Most Albatrosses stay with there mate for life which for these birds can be decades, though not all the males in the relationship will stay faithful.
California Mouse- Scientific studies show that these mouse stay strictly committed to their partner. Genetic testing showed that 28 mouse families over the period of 2 years came from the correct father.
Black Vultures- These birds are serious about their partners. The two stay together year round and share the parenting duties as they stay with there babies. Testing showed no cross in DNA with other Vulture families.
Shingleback- The shingleback skink usually pairs off with the same mate during mating season. When the women gives birth to the babies the male sticks around to keep them out of danger from predators. It is shown that if one of the partners dies the other will stay by its side for many days until moving on.
Sandhill Crane- The Crane is a symbol of monogamous relationships. During breeding migration, single cranes those have not found or have lost a mate perform mating dances.
Kirk's Dik-dik- The Antelope seems to stay with their partner for long times. They are tightly bonded pairs and hardly stray from each another.
Convict cichlid- The cichlid fish is a considerate mate and parent. The fish pairs off with a mate. Once the female lays eggs, they both spend time keeping potential predators away.
Penguins- Penguins mate for life. They are quite famous for their mating patterns. They both stay together to raise their young (shown in the above photo) They split the duties of raising their babies e.g the mother hunts for food while the father keeps the eggs warm. Those they stay monogamous if one looses a partner they will find another life partner.
Cockroaches- The cockroach is a example of a bug which mates for life.
Wolves- Wolves are loyal family members for life. A Wolf pack normally consists of a male, female and their babies. (above photo)
Beavers- Beavers are known to stay together to raise their babies. They are also loyal and faithful to their mates.
Owls- Owls choose their mates and then stay together until death. They never cheat on their partners.
What is the difference between sexual and asexual reproduction?
Asexual reproduction is reproduction without having sex. In asexual reproduction a single organism or cell makes a copy of itself. The genes are the same of the original and its copy will be the same. Mutations can occur whey cells or organisms are cloning themselves.
Sexual reproduction is reproduction of some animals and plants by sex.Organisms that reproduce sexually have two different sexes: male and female.
How do elephants chose their partners?
When in the wild male and female elephants don’t live together. The females live in groups together to help each other raise their babies.
When the males meet sexual maturity at around the age of 14, They leave the group of mothers and join a male group.
The Male and Female groups then meet together during mating season.
When a females are ready to mate they go into a stage called estrous which means she is ready to mate. Female elephants can go into oestrus four times a year once they reach sexual maturity at around the age of 12. Unless the female is pregnant or has a calf, when in the state of estrous they releases pheromones that are used to attract the male elephants. The female will also make loud mating sounds to call the males to her. If a male elephant hears her calls and is attracted to her release of pheromones he will try to mate with the female.
A Male elephant is ready to mate when they go into the period of musth. Musth is a period of high testosterone levels where the male elephant can be aggressive and dominant over the other males. They they are in musth their urine will contain pheromones that will attract the female elephants to them.
Female elephants are more likely to pick to mate with males that are in musth because they are the more dominant males. When in musth, male elephants will usually guard females who are in oestrus from other males.
How do Elephants reproduce?
Elephants are mammals so they reproduce sexually, the male fertilises the females egg. A female elephant is only fertile for a few days per year. If the female falls pregnant, she will be pregnant for 22 months (the longest of any land animal)
When around the time of 22 months of pregnancy the female elephant will try to induce her labour by eating certain plants.
The calf when born will weighs over 100kg. Rather then being raised by the mother the calf will mostly learn from the the most experienced in the pack.
Lar gibbon - One of the only primate that stay in monogamous relationships. Gibbons have been found to live in close families.
Swans- Swans have become a common symbol of mating for life. The males often help in building the nest and keeping the egg warm and incubating. The pair of birds will often return to this nest for many following years.
Malagasy giant rat -These rats are the few monogamous rodents. Both parents stay with there babies while they grow up. Though the rodents will stay with there partner for life, if one of them dies the other will find another partner to replace the old one.
Albatross- Albatrosses are famous for their flirtatiousness mating dances. Most Albatrosses stay with there mate for life which for these birds can be decades, though not all the males in the relationship will stay faithful.
California Mouse- Scientific studies show that these mouse stay strictly committed to their partner. Genetic testing showed that 28 mouse families over the period of 2 years came from the correct father.
Black Vultures- These birds are serious about their partners. The two stay together year round and share the parenting duties as they stay with there babies. Testing showed no cross in DNA with other Vulture families.
Shingleback- The shingleback skink usually pairs off with the same mate during mating season. When the women gives birth to the babies the male sticks around to keep them out of danger from predators. It is shown that if one of the partners dies the other will stay by its side for many days until moving on.
Sandhill Crane- The Crane is a symbol of monogamous relationships. During breeding migration, single cranes those have not found or have lost a mate perform mating dances.
Kirk's Dik-dik- The Antelope seems to stay with their partner for long times. They are tightly bonded pairs and hardly stray from each another.
Convict cichlid- The cichlid fish is a considerate mate and parent. The fish pairs off with a mate. Once the female lays eggs, they both spend time keeping potential predators away.
Penguins- Penguins mate for life. They are quite famous for their mating patterns. They both stay together to raise their young (shown in the above photo) They split the duties of raising their babies e.g the mother hunts for food while the father keeps the eggs warm. Those they stay monogamous if one looses a partner they will find another life partner.
Cockroaches- The cockroach is a example of a bug which mates for life.
Wolves- Wolves are loyal family members for life. A Wolf pack normally consists of a male, female and their babies. (above photo)
Beavers- Beavers are known to stay together to raise their babies. They are also loyal and faithful to their mates.
Owls- Owls choose their mates and then stay together until death. They never cheat on their partners.
What is the difference between sexual and asexual reproduction?
Asexual reproduction is reproduction without having sex. In asexual reproduction a single organism or cell makes a copy of itself. The genes are the same of the original and its copy will be the same. Mutations can occur whey cells or organisms are cloning themselves.
Sexual reproduction is reproduction of some animals and plants by sex.Organisms that reproduce sexually have two different sexes: male and female.
How do elephants chose their partners?
When in the wild male and female elephants don’t live together. The females live in groups together to help each other raise their babies.
When the males meet sexual maturity at around the age of 14, They leave the group of mothers and join a male group.
The Male and Female groups then meet together during mating season.
When a females are ready to mate they go into a stage called estrous which means she is ready to mate. Female elephants can go into oestrus four times a year once they reach sexual maturity at around the age of 12. Unless the female is pregnant or has a calf, when in the state of estrous they releases pheromones that are used to attract the male elephants. The female will also make loud mating sounds to call the males to her. If a male elephant hears her calls and is attracted to her release of pheromones he will try to mate with the female.
A Male elephant is ready to mate when they go into the period of musth. Musth is a period of high testosterone levels where the male elephant can be aggressive and dominant over the other males. They they are in musth their urine will contain pheromones that will attract the female elephants to them.
Female elephants are more likely to pick to mate with males that are in musth because they are the more dominant males. When in musth, male elephants will usually guard females who are in oestrus from other males.
How do Elephants reproduce?
Elephants are mammals so they reproduce sexually, the male fertilises the females egg. A female elephant is only fertile for a few days per year. If the female falls pregnant, she will be pregnant for 22 months (the longest of any land animal)
When around the time of 22 months of pregnancy the female elephant will try to induce her labour by eating certain plants.
The calf when born will weighs over 100kg. Rather then being raised by the mother the calf will mostly learn from the the most experienced in the pack.