Penguin Watch Talk

Do penguins mate for life?

  • Nickypeng by Nickypeng moderator

    2rjnauta asks if penguins mate for life

    can anyone shed any light on this?

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  • yshish by yshish moderator, translator in response to Nickypeng's comment.

    Yes, they usually do!

    " When a penguin finds a partner, who takes its duty serious to breed the eggs and raise the chicks and changes its breeding shift in time, he will be loyal to him/her for the rest of his/her life. And although divorcing is not rare, most of the time penguins will go back to their partner of the year before.
    For those species who breed very synchronous (like adélies), it is not so hard to do. They come almost simultaneously back to the old nest."     [source]

    Z.

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