Love May Really Be All Around Us

Valentines Day is looming and it’s a time to celebrate our loved ones and express our love to them. I’m personally in love and she brings a lot of happiness to my life as I’m sure your partner or loved ones do for you. Though love is a very complex emotion, we might not be alone in feeling this way. There are many species that have monogamous relationships such as our own, allowing enough time to potentially develop this intense emotion. Though I’m not suggesting that animals feel what we know as “love” there may be a degree of caring between two partners. In the case of the Dik Dik (Madoqua kirki) the male will display certain behaviours in order to “prove his worth” to the female, for example he will hold his head in a down posture, as if to actually bow down to his potential mate. In the event that the pair successfully become an “item” he will then spend his life protecting her and help in raise there young. Could it be possible that there is a level of care or “love”between them because they stay true to each other or is it simply easier than finding continual mates? I like to believe the pair stays together out of a mutual care for each other, but that might just be the inner romantic in me. If it is true that animals can feel a sense of love then considering there is around 8.7 million species on earth, the planet it full of a whole lot of love.