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What really changes when a male vole settles down

Bachelors can’t tell one female from another

prairie voles

PAIR-BOND  Just 24 hours in each other's company without mating can be enough to bond a pair of prairie voles for life.

Aubrey Kelly

By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

Bachelor prairie voles can’t tell females of their species apart. Yet the clueless fellows can change, forming pair-bonds for life with the opposite sex and even distinguishing between two female strangers.