6 Animal Species that Mate for Life: Quick Facts

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A Eurasian beaver sits on a muddy, grassy shore surrounded by green plants in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

Two gibbons (genus Hylobates), one light-colored and one dark, sit among tree branches in a lush green forest.

Macaroni penguins

sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis)

bald eagle in flight

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