Swans have long been a symbol of loyal love, but there are other animals that are capable of long romantic relationships.
Some animals demonstrate amazing examples of devotion to their partners. They form couples for life, together they bring up the cubs and show a touching concern for their half.
Wolves
Wolves live in schools, where everything is subject to strict hierarchy. Having found a mate, the wolf usually remains faithful to him for life. The male and female always stay together, take care of each other and both take part in caring for the offspring.
Albatrosses
Albatross can be called the most romantic bird, because the history of each bird pair is like a beautiful love story. Albatrosses start looking for partners after they turn 6 years old. Sometimes these searches are delayed for several years, because the bird leads a solitary life and rarely meets with its relatives.
Having met the female that he liked, the male begins to perform in front of her an intricate wedding dance, which can last several days. If the female feels sympathy for the boyfriend, then she also joins the dance. After the dance, the couple returns to the prose of life, the lovers unite to build a nest and are preparing to breed. Eggs they hatch in turns and together take care of their baby. As soon as the chick gets on the wing, his parents part and scatter in different directions. However, a year later they return to the same place and resume their relationship in order to bring out a new offspring.
Gibbons
Gibbons create a couple for life, but the reason for this is not in romantic feelings. Scientists came to the conclusion that monogamy is needed for some types of primates in order to avoid infanticide. If the gibbons were polygamous, the males would surely kill the offspring of the female from the previous partner, in order to quickly return to his chosen one the ability to give birth to new young.
Swans
Swan loyalty is sung in songs and poems, because beautiful birds form pairs for life. However, in recent years, the reputation of these chastity symbols has been thoroughly soaked. This happened after the scientists found out that among the swans there are many hunters to go to the left - about one in six birds changes to their regular partner.
Penguins
Another symbol of love and loyalty. Penguins form stable pairs, together they hatch eggs and take care of chicks.
Beavers
Beavers are a striking example of loyalty and nepotism. They form a couple for life. The male beaver is a typical henpecked, as the female occupies a leading position in the pair. Cubs of beavers live with their parents for a long time, who are ready to protect their offspring even at the cost of their own lives.
Owls
These birds are a pattern of touching tenderness and concern for each other. The male takes care of the female for a long time, and when she agrees to become a companion of his life, he goes in search of a place for the nest. While the female is hatching eggs, her partner takes care of her and regularly brings food. The chicks of the couple grow together. After one of the partners dies, the second long sad for him.
French bristles
It is almost impossible to find this fish floating alone. Shchetinozuby form strong marital unions and together protect their territory from militant neighbors.
Termites
Termites have a queen and a king, who throughout the life are engaged in the production of offspring. Unlike males that die immediately after mating, males of termites live a long and happy life, "under the wing" of their queen.
Mice-voles
The lifestyle of vole mice has been widely advertised by some politicians in the US as a model of ideal family relationships. All life, the mice forming a couple, take care of each other and share daily worries.
And recently scientists have found out that voles can even sympathize with their loved ones. If one of the mice is experiencing pain or tension, other family members begin to console the suffering kinsman, licking him with a fur. At the same time in sympathetic voles there is an increased production of oxytocin, known as the hormone of love.
Golden Eagles
Golden Eagles have been faithful to their partners for many years, and only death can separate them. And the romantic relationship between the birds begins with an amazing marriage dance, which birds perform in the air.
Antelope Dickey
Miniature antelope dikdik keep his fidelity to his marriage partners all his life. Their males are so jealous that they constantly protect their friends from possible encroachments of rivals. When the offspring are born, the male continues to cuddle the female, but does not pay much attention to the cubs. Adult offspring parents are expelled from their territory and continue to enjoy each other's company. However, they often have family conflicts, during which the male attacks the female.