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| Neo Classical Console - German, early19th-century |
The romantic Swan motive
Swans are monogamous, meaning that they have a pair bond that sometimes lasts a lifetime. However, if a swan loses its mate, especially early in its breeding years, the remaining bird doesn’t typically die of a “broken heart”. Most often, it will bond with another individual to continue producing offspring. The reality is that some new genetic testing suggests that there are many more “divorces” of monogamous pairs than first thought.
