The video above is the mating call of a toadfish. After all, nothing is more romantic than sounding like a vibrating phone or a foghorn.
Prairie voles mate for life and raise their young together! Some prairie voles will actually not select another mate if their partner dies.
Source: "Learning About Love From Prairie Vole Bonding." NPR, NPR, 9 Feb. 2014, .
When prairie voles fall in love, they undergo permanent epigenetic changes.
Source: Cormier, Zoe. "Gene switches make prairie voles fall in love." Nature News, Nature Publishing Group, 2 June 2013, .
When prairie voles are separated from their mates they become depressed; some will not even try to stay afloat if they are dropped into water.
Source: Tucker, Abigail. "What Can Rodents Tell Us About Why Humans Love?" Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 1 Feb. 2014, .
Bird break-ups are called divorces by scientists. The bird with the best marital record is the albatross, seabirds that can live into their sixties.
Source: Krulwich, Robert. "Introducing A Divorce Rate For Birds, And Guess Which Bird Never, Ever Divorces?" NPR, NPR, 22 Apr. 2014, www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2014/04/22/305582368/introducing-a-divorce-rate-for-birds-and-guess-which-bird-never-ever-divorces.
Bowerbird males make bowers-elaborate structures designed to be aesthetically pleasing-to woo girls. One of the most artistic species, individual bowerbirds each have their own artistic flair.
Source: Goldman, Jason G. "Future - Creativity: The weird and wonderful art of animals." BBC, BBC, 24 July 2014, www.bbc.com/future/story/20140723-are-we-the-only-creative-species. Accessed 22 Sept. 2017.
Whooping cranes often date before they mate.
Source: "Birds Go Steady Before Having Kids." Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2018,
Male topi antelopes make false alarm calls to keep fertile females close by.
Source: Moseman, Andrew. "How Male Antelopes Lie to Get More Sex: With False Alarm Calls." Discover, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2010, blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/05/24/how-male-antelopes-lie-to-get-more-sex-with-false-alarm-calls/#.WixQkVWnHrf.
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