Animal Monogamy

[Monica]

I liked your post but I do not like that the female attacked the male

Yeah me neither! I wonder what he did to get her so upset that she dumped him?

What's amazing to me is that they split after so long together. Surely these higher 2D entities have evolved to some sort of sentience and aren't just operating out of instinct. Their actions seem so...conscious.

Here's another one, this time swans:

Once thought of as pillars of monogamy in the animal kingdom, it appears the flame of love can burn out for swans as well. For the first time in 40 years, after following some 4 thousand swans at a reserve in the UK, researchers discovered one formerly blissful pair had called it quits. The bonds of instinct-driven matrimony were apparently not enough to keep the literal lovebirds together. While the split may not make headlines in the tabloids, it has stumped researchers who observed the swan drama...

While it may be confounding to some why this once happy pair called it quits, it's almost comforting to know that swans are capable of amicably moving on. Perhaps 'divorce' in the swan world is so rare not because of some hardwired instinct of monogamy, but instead it's been love keeping the rest of them together after all.

from http://www.treehugger.com/natural-scienc...chers.html