at what age do ducks mate:and do they mate for life?
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usually the first year after they are chicks, ex: if they are born this year they will mate next year.\n\nAnd no they do not mate for life, the ducks I have mate with which ever female they can catch.\n\nSwans on the other hand do mate for life
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Yes, they are. Just as in humans, animals often form long-term same-sex relationships. In animals with a seasonal breeding pattern, homosexuality can even be seasonal. Male walruses, for example, often form homosexual pair bonds and have sex with each other outside of the breeding season, but will revert to a heterosexual pattern during the normal breeding season.
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When the bird becomes mature, most likely. Animals grow stronger as they grow older till they attain their "mid-life" and that's when the immune system is the strongest, I guess.
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[edit] Courtship and mating\nUsually, the instinct to pass on genetic material drives young wolves away from their birth packs, leading them to seek out mates and territories of their own. Dispersals occur at all times during the year, typically involving wolves who reached sexual maturity during the previous breeding season. It takes two such dispersals from two different packs for the process to take place, as dispersing wolves from the same maternal pack tend not to mate.[15] Once two dispersing wolves meet and begin traveling together, they immediately begin the process of seeking out territory, preferentially doing so in time for the next mating season. The bond that forms between such wolves often lasts for the shorter of the two lifetimes, with few exceptions.[16]\n\nDuring the mating season, breeding wolves become extremely affectionate with one another in anticipation for the female's ovulation cycle. Overall, pack tension rises, as each mature wolf begins to feel the urge to mate. In fact, during this time, the alpha male and alpha female may be forced to aggressively prevent other wolves from mating with each other.[15] Under normal circumstances, a pack can only support one litter per year, so this type of dominance behavior is beneficial in the long run.[15]\n\nWhen the alpha female goes into estrus, a phenomenon that occurs once per year and lasts 5–14 days,[17] she and her mate will spend an increased amount of time in seclusion. Pheromones in the female's urine and the swelling of her vulva let the male know when his mate is in heat. She will be unreceptive for the first few days of estrus, during which time she sheds the lining of her uterus. Once the female begins to ovulate, mating occurs.\n\nThe male wolf will mount the female firmly from behind. After achieving coitus, the two form a copulatory tie once the male's bulbus glandis— an erectile tissue located near the base of the canine penis— swells and the female's vaginal muscles tighten. Ejaculation is induced by the thrusting of the male's pelvis and the undulation of the female's cervix. The two become physically inseparable for anywhere from 10–30 minutes, during which period the male will ejaculate multiple times.[18][19] After the initial ejaculation, the male may lift one of his legs over the female such that they are standing end-to-end; this is believed to be a defensive measure.[19] The mating ordeal is repeated many times throughout the female's brief ovulation period, which occurs once per year per female, unlike female dogs, with whom estrus usually occurs twice per year.
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Life span: 25 to 30 years in the wild, up to 45 years in zoos
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Breeding starts when the female sheds her old skin.  This releases pheromones that attract the male.  They will form a pair bond and hunt together as well as protect 20-50 mounded eggs.\n\nThey reach sexual maturity in 5-6 years and will mate in January.
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Probably not, as in the animal kingdom they do not have the kind of rules, values and morals that we have.\n\nHowever, there are probably adult animals that 'mate' with younger animals on a daily basis.
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The males of toads (and most amphibians in general) do not have a penis or other copulatory organ, and the fertilization of eggs is external. This means that the female toad is really ovuliparous (she's not oviparous because she does not release fertilized eggs, but rather unfertilized ova). \nIn most species, mating occurs in freshwater environments (such as ponds, lakes, rivers, etc.). The males start their vocalizations and these attract the females to the pond; then the male jumps or "climbs" on top of the female and grabs her dorsally using his strong forelimbs. This embrace is called "amplexus", and the pressure exerted by the male stimulates the female to release the ova through her cloaca, which are then fertilized by the sperm from the male's cloaca.\nThe fertilized eggs are encased in a mucous-gelatinous substance (in some cases the parents can "stir" it with their legs to make it foamy, like egg white) and attached to aquatic plants or other elements so that they don't drift or float at the surface.\n\n-------------\nGoth_chick, even though the couple may seem "stuck together", they're not physically stuck as if with an adhesive, except for some species in which the male _does_ have adhesive glands in his chest and gets stuck to the female (in these cases, the male is usually much smaller than the female and needs some help to remain on top). In most toads (especially if we're talking about the _real_ toads, family Bufonidae), the male has very strong arms for the amplexus. \nSee the photograph of toads mating:\n http://www.hainaultforest.co.uk/Toad%20pair1.JPG\n(Males are usually smaller than females)\n\nThese are Microhylidae from Asia, in this case they're really "stuck", so that if you disturb them, the female will start walking carrying the male:\nhttp://www.ecologyasia.com/images-a-j/dark-sided-chorus-frogs_0018.jpg
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penguins mate for life. May I offer my congratulations. I hope the two of you will be happy together.
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The answer is either “No” with a but or “Yes” with an and.\n\nRobins and chickens are totally separate species of birds. They are no more closely related than humans are to baboons. You wouldn’t expect a human and a baboon to be able to mate and produce babies would you? So no, robins and chickens can’t interbreed.\n\nHowever there are many different species of animal that CAN interbreed and produce offspring. But the different species need to be fairly closely related, far more closely than human and baboon… or a chicken and a robin.\n\nFor example we can interbreed horses and donkeys to produce baby mules, and we can breed cattle and buffalo, or camels and llamas. \n\nAnd the same is true of birds. While chickens can’t be bred with robins they are often bred with guinea fowl and pheasants for example, and occasionally bred with turkeys (see links below). \n\n\nSo to answer the question, yes different types of bird can mate and produce chicks, there's no doubt about that. But chickens and robins are not two types that are capable of it. Chickens and turkeys or chickens and pheasants are.\n\n\n>>>>>A robin and a chicken might be a stretch, but how about\n>>>>>two different types of sparrows? \n\nYes, in fact the various sparrow species are amongst the most likely to hybridise.\n\n>>>>>>Does it ever happen in the wild?\n\nRegularly. See the last two links.\n\n__________________________\n\nAddenda\n\nScientist said: "Only organisms of the same species can produce viable offspring"\n\nThat is simply not true. \n\nI know they teach you that in school, but it has no factual basis whatsoever and is not accepted by any biologist anywhere on the planet.\n\nJust to name a few examples cattle and bison, wolves and coyotes and fin and blue whales are all perfectly capable of breeding. They all interbreed commonly in the wild and the offspring are all perfectly fertile and have young themselves. \n\nEven lions and tigers will produce offspring that are capable of producing cubs, though most are not, and there have been at least 2 documented cases of mules having foals.\n\n\nUnless someone wants to argue that cattle and buffalo are the same species then ability to produce fertile offspring doesn't prevent two animals being seperate species in any way.\n\n\nSal said: "There are different kinds of chickens that can interbreed with each other. But a chicken can't breed with a turkey."\n\nA total lie with no basis in reality. I just provided links which prove that turkeys can breed with chickens.\n\nSal also said"This is one of thousands of examples as to why the theory of evolution is hard to swallow. If animals can change into other kinds of animals, you would be able to see at least a slight form of interbreeding betweeen different species, but you dont."\n\nWell since I have proved this belief completely wrong, and Sal now knosw that interspecies breding is common, even in the wild, I guess Sal will now accept evolution?\n\nYeah, right. Like facts and evidence played any part his belief.
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Age is just a number. I know a couple who met and married in their 70's and they both act like they are 20 plus.  Maybe you're just looking in the wrong places.
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Mary a really rich woman. Get a duck that lays golden eggs. One of the 2. Probably the duck. In fact I'll just marry that duck.
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Not all animals have multiple partners.many have the same one year after year.to reproduce. However most of the animals just mate to reproduce and that's all. they just don't go having sex with every species of their kind just have sex,like us wonderful humans tend to do.for animals it's not about how many chicks they can get "laid" by.It's only to keep their species in existence..
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Swans and ducks belong to the same family (Anatidae) but different subfamilies. \n\nSwans belong to the subfamily Anserinae. Some of their characteristics are: \n- Long neck\n- The plumage lacks metallic colors or a speculum (patch of conspicuous coloring in the wings)\n- No sexual dimorphism (males similar to females); also the calls of both sexes are similar\n- A single annual molt (after breeding)\n- Monogamous, they form life-long or long-lasting couples, and both male and female care for the chicks,\n- This is not so easy to see, but the pattern of scales on their legs is reticulate\n\nSubfamily Anatinae (typical ducks):\n- Most species with a speculum on the wing, with metallic colors\n- Most with sexual dimorphism: usually the males are more "gaudy" and their voices may be different\n- The males have sexual parades different from the females, and in many species the plumage of the male during the breeding season is very noticeable, but they have an -\ninconspicuous non-breeding plumage (which means that they undergo 2 yearly molts)\n-The males usually do not participate in incubation or care for the chicks,\n- Different pattern of leg scales\n\nAnd in case you were wondering, the geese are also Anserinae. \nNot all ducks are Anatinae. The whistling ducks belong in their own subfamily, the Dendrocygnini, and their characteristics are somewhat more similar to the swans than to the "typical ducks".
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Relative to humans, yes, but even then not that common. Most animals lay eggs and then leave, so they'll probably never encounter their young again. Other animals have parents that care for their young, but don't mate with them because they later leave and find other mates instead (and presumably don't want to mate with their own young). It makes biological sense to have anti-incest behavior pattern because incest produces more bad recessive traits. How they perceive that, though, who knows. Incest happens primarily in small, isolated populations where there aren't enough individuals to go around so that, probably out of a desperate sex-drive, they have incest.
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During bird breeding season, in response to hormones from the pituitary gland , the male's testes become several hundred times larger than normal to produce sperm, with the left testis usually larger. The female bird's ovaries also enlarge during breeding season to produce the ovum. \n\nIn birds, an ovum is fertilized in the female bird's oviduct by a sperm cell from the male bird. Once fertilized, the ovum becomes the nucleus of the egg. The egg, that has its own food source, the yolk, will be laid by the female into her nest, incubated, and then the baby bird will hatch.\n\nBut how does the sperm from the male bird get into the female? How can they have intercourse without any external male organs, such as a penis? The male's sperm, produced in the testes, passes to the cloaca where it is stored until copulation (act of sex). The female also has a cloaca that leads from the ovaries. The female bird unfans her tail, moves it to one side while the male climbs up onto her back or gets close to her. Their cloacas are pressed together and the sperm moves from the male to the female. This act is called a cloacal kiss. \n\nThe sperm is stored by the female for at least a week, in some species over a hundred days. Then as each ovum from the ovary moves into the oviduct, it gets fertilized with the stored sperm, producing a clutch of many eggs, all with the sperm from that one cloacal kiss.\n\nThere are a few species of birds where the males do possess a retractable penis that can be pulled back into the bird. These birds include ostriches, cassowaries, kiwis, swans, geese, and ducks. Since waterfowl sometimes make love while in the lake or pond, the penis helps ensure that the sperm is not washed away by the water.\n\nSperm can be transferred from male cloaca to the female in a blink of an eye - less than a second. Some birds seem to want to linger longer though, sometimes having sex for more than an hour! And, although it is not necessary to copulate frequently since the sperm is stored within the female, remember those hormones are still making the birds excited. Many pairs of birds will mate numerous times within a few days.
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The  gosling must be able to fly for a long distince and have had contact before you can just put them with the flock  they must have had a bond at some point . I would not turn them loose I sugesst getting a hand puppet that looks like the older geese and feed them that way , so the only see the puppet I would let them go when they are around 6 mo- 1yr that way the are mature enough to find food and defend them selves