http://buquad.com/2010/02/08/some-tips-for-valentines-day-from-the-animal-kingdom/ BU's independent online magazine Thu, 17 May 2012 22:29:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://buquad.com/2010/02/08/some-tips-for-valentines-day-from-the-animal-kingdom/comment-page-1/#comment-22675 Emilio Thu, 26 May 2011 08:37:09 +0000 http://buquad.com/?p=4428#comment-22675 It's amazing when animals are in love mood ;). I was suprised that seahorses live even in Baltic sea. Nice article! Regards It’s amazing when animals are in love mood . I was suprised that seahorses live even in Baltic sea. Nice article! Regards

]]> http://buquad.com/2010/02/08/some-tips-for-valentines-day-from-the-animal-kingdom/comment-page-1/#comment-596 Becca Tarvin Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:05:55 +0000 http://buquad.com/?p=4428#comment-596 I did not come across that article- thank you for sharing it. It is interesting to see the genetic side of "monogamy"... I did not come across that article- thank you for sharing it. It is interesting to see the genetic side of “monogamy”…

]]> http://buquad.com/2010/02/08/some-tips-for-valentines-day-from-the-animal-kingdom/comment-page-1/#comment-589 Seahorses Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:57:37 +0000 http://buquad.com/?p=4428#comment-589 Seahorses are not nearly as monogamous as claimed. The paper cited was one for one species and only a few pairs were tracked. Unfortunately its often cited as the definitive answer and even it doesn't follow pairs outside one breeding seasons. For a counter example, see: Monogamous pair bonds and mate switching in the Western Australian seahorse Hippocampus subelongatus. C. Kvarnemo Seahorses are not nearly as monogamous as claimed. The paper cited was one for one species and only a few pairs were tracked. Unfortunately its often cited as the definitive answer and even it doesn’t follow pairs outside one breeding seasons. For a counter example, see:
Monogamous pair bonds and mate switching in the Western Australian seahorse Hippocampus subelongatus. C. Kvarnemo

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