8/29/2003: Rhinocerous Hornbill

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Originally posted by warch
monogomous male, mated for life?....lemme see now...That IS A rare and wonderous bird.

This is not uncommon at all. All kinds of birds are this way.

Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
Hey, hey....that's not nice.:p
I wonder, if the female half of a pair was removed, would the male mate again? After a period of mourning, of course.

I doubt it. I want to say geese, but I can't recall for sure, or ducks perhaps, something people hunt, will never mate again if they lose their mate. I remember seeing something on PBS or what not about it a long time ago.

What commonly happens is that the mate gets shot during hunting season, and the mate lives the rest of its life alone.

I doubt these birds are widely hunted, though perhaps it's different in their native country.

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Something I find amusing about this story is its location. China, where common preception is that male children are more desired than females, and where this sort of thing happens with the human population also. At least that's the story we get over here in the states.
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Quzah.