Saving Dad: The Final Chapter

Biologists say, of all the creatures in the animal world, very few of them mate for life.  Humans like to claim they do, but with the divorce rate surpassing 50 percent, it’s debatable whether men and women can really back it up.   It is fact though, that Barn Owls mate for life.  Once they choose that eternal love, they never look back.  They build homes, raise families and work together to make sure their offspring survive a very turbulent world.  The bond is so strong that when one of the pair dies, the survivor refuses to go on living without its mate.  It will find a branch in a tree and stare at the trunk, refusing to eat, until it dies of starvation.

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