Polyamory in the wild (literally)

[mountaingirl]

I'm a career scientist, and all things science still fascinate me. I noticed today that there are three birds building a nest together on my balcony. Starting a funky thread for any articles or anecdotal evidence related to polyamory in nature

 

[mountaingirl]

obviously there are a ton of examples of polygamous males (especially in mammals), but i thought this article about the payoff of polyandry in sea turtles was interesting: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4393808/

 

[kdt26417]

In recent years, I heard of three bald eagles in an MFM V. There were photographs of them. It was pretty cool.