Romance is all around, and these loved up creatures will give you some romantic insight perfect for your Valentines Day!
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Albatrosses search for years looking for their soul mate!
Even though Albatrosses take 10 years to mature sexually, they are in no rush to find their soul mate. Young Albatrosses sit back and learn from their elders, learning the mating ritual. Which includes dancing, preening, steering, pointing, and vocalisation. In a few years the bird will start dancing, and at first they dance with many dance partners. After a few more years of practise and learning, they cut down their dancing circle until they have found the dance partner they want to be with for the rest of their lives.
Seahorses take part in a very cute and intimate courtship when finding their partner.
Seahorses take part in a very cute and intimate courtship when finding their partner. The two seashores hold each others tails, swim together snout to snout and even change colour to show their partner they are ready for romance. This courtship can take days before they engage in the courtship ‘dance’ that can last up to 8 hours!
Shingleback Lizards have an inspirational bond!
Shingleback's mate for life and their bond with their partner is so strong, that not only do they find each other every year in the vast outback of Australia, but in the case of a partners death, they can be seen lying next to their loved one for days. The bond between them seems to endure even after death.
Great HornBill couples turn up the romance by singing to each other.
The male will start the tune, with the female following until they are both singing in unison.
The romance between LoveBirds
Love birds are commonly known to be wedding gifts to symbolise the couples commitment to each other. But most people don’t know why. The ancient Greeks thought that this tight bond would leave the birds to die, if they were ever uncoupled or separated. Sparked from the romantic way the birds sit beside each other and cuddle. The birds find their partner when they are two months old.
The Brolgas couples don't let the romance sizzle out in their relationship
The Brolgas couples are monogamous, and mate every year. Even though they mate for life, the birds still keep the fire going by performing a mating dance for each other every year. And this dance is said to be one of the most elaborate mating dance in the animal kingdom. Sometimes one bird will dance, or the couple will dance together, and even the whole colony will dance together.