In real life, there are so many romantic love stories for us to share. But, most of them belong to human. Have you ever read about romantic stories of animals? Well, you are about to read one about coyote, one of few most faithful animal in the world.
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Among many animals, they performed polygamy to increase the number and quality of their offspring. However, coyote is one of few who will raise its offspring with it's mate.
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According to scientists with Ohio State University, there were no evidence of coyote was unfaithful to a mate after they took genetic samples of 236 Chicago-area coyotes over of six years.
The co-author of Science Daily, Stan Gehrt said that a father coyote knows each of the pups is his own, he has genetic stake in helping them to survive.
"The male spends just as much time helping to raise those pups as the female does," said Gehrt.
Moreover, they are romantic in their own way. When mother coyote is pregnant, the father will stick with her all the time, according to Cecilia Hennessy, senior author of the study. The father will spend his time looking for food and marking their territory together with the mother coyote.
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Some might argue, "How about the symbol of romantic love, the swan?"
Hmmm. Unfortunately, swan is not a very faithful mate. Especially for father swan, "until death do us part" does not work on them. They do help in nest-building and egg-incubating. But some of the father swan might still be messing around with others, leaving mother swan alone with the children swan.
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Not sure if the reason behind is because the coyotes understood that they were investigated and observed by the scientists (just kidding). Anyway, their faithfulness towards their mates are inspiring and respected.
Maybe sometime during this Valentine's weekend, people can confess their love to their partners or spouses by comparing themselves with coyote, the symbol of loyalty!
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Details from Huffington Post, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/30/coyotes-monogamous-study-faithful-cheating-urban_n_1923649.html and http://www.scientificamerican.com/slideshow/love-for-life-animals-mostly-monogamous/.
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