"Why birds mate for life is not as romantic as one may wish. When you consider the time needed to migrate, establish territories, incubation and raising young, you'll realize that the extra time and energy needed for attracting a mate would minimize reproductive time."
THAT took the romance right outta the swans photo.
k.... NOT really! LOL
People should wanna consider the time for moving and setting boundaries, working out details on raising their families and conserving their energies for funner things! k..maybe not the bit about 'minimizing reproduction time'--but it sure would allow for more fun! :-)
JUST sayin'!!
Pretty birdies! They are graceful looking in the water.
The ones who don't mate for life quite often combine some of the practical stuff with the attracting stuff - look at all those birds who decorate their nests when they're courting fr'instance. The swans are very graceful though :)
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aw, it's almost as if the swans' necks make an upside-down elf/gnome hat!
They mate for life, you know.
"Why birds mate for life is not as romantic as one may wish. When you consider the time needed to migrate, establish territories, incubation and raising young, you'll realize that the extra time and energy needed for attracting a mate would minimize reproductive time."
http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/Birds-Mate-Life.html
Well.
THAT took the romance right outta the swans photo.
k.... NOT really! LOL
People should wanna consider the time for moving and setting boundaries, working out details on raising their families and conserving their energies for funner things! k..maybe not the bit about 'minimizing reproduction time'--but it sure would allow for more fun! :-)
JUST sayin'!!
Pretty birdies!
They are graceful looking in the water.
The ones who don't mate for life quite often combine some of the practical stuff with the attracting stuff - look at all those birds who decorate their nests when they're courting fr'instance.
The swans are very graceful though :)
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