# @science on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DX8BA_Skh7N
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64957429-science-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-05T01:00:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Science 🧬 (@science) — https://gondola.cc/science

## Caption

For Eurasian beavers, monogamy is more about practicality than romance. Unlike their North American counterparts, who have been known to mate outside their bonded partners, Eurasian beavers team up for life as a way to increase their chances of survival. Although one of their primary sources of food is tree bark, its lack of nutritional value means that beavers need to eat a lot of bark to keep themselves going. ⁠
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So, by pairing up, couples can split their workload and ensure everything gets done. In a study by Sam M J G Steyaert, Andreas Zedrosser, and Frank Rossel for Oecologia, research found that tasks divided between pairs included maintaining their dams and lodges, guarding their territory, and sharing the parenting duties.⁠
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#beavers #partnership #relationship #animal #biology #science

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