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Lifelong parent-child bonds in the animal kingdom?

 
 
Reply Mon 10 Dec, 2012 05:17 am
Which animals form life-long bonds with their offspring?
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farmerman
 
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Reply Mon 10 Dec, 2012 05:27 am
@Daniel4Sophia,
those that form packs or troupes come as close to life long bonds that I can see. Even those , however, should a new alpha assert dominance, the males offspring of the previous alpha tend to move on or they have to challenge the new alpha.

Wolves seem to pack up in manageable groups of multi generations, some of the great apes,(except that alpha problem seems to assert itself in these troupes also) and of course all colony-living bats . Insects, since colonies are all related, sorta fit that definition except that insect lives are relatively short.
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Mon 10 Dec, 2012 11:51 am
@Daniel4Sophia,
http://www.google.ca/#hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&gs_nf=3&gs_rn=0&gs_ri=hp&pq=how%20many%20athiests%20in%20u.s.&cp=55&gs_id=39&xhr=t&q=Which%20animals%20form%20life-long%20bonds%20with%20their%20offspring&pf=p&tbo=d&sclient=psy-ab&oq=Which+animals+form+life-long+bonds+with+their+offspring&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=c5672f593531bfe2&bpcl=39650382&biw=1373&bih=708
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boomerang
 
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Reply Mon 10 Dec, 2012 12:06 pm
@Daniel4Sophia,
Humans and elephants and probably a few others.
ehBeth
 
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Reply Mon 10 Dec, 2012 12:10 pm
@boomerang,
Relationships and Communication in Socially Natural Horse Herds
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izzythepush
 
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Reply Tue 11 Dec, 2012 03:45 am
Ants?
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