Happy Valentines day! And you thought your relationship was complicated...

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Whatever your relationship status is for Valentines Day, there are a few other animals that have it worse.

Related to the Tasmanian devil, the northern quoll is a small carnivorous marsupial that is the subject of a biological mystery. The males die after a single mating season, and no one has known why.

Now, researchers have put forth an explanation in a recent scientific paper: Male quolls are so sex-crazed that they die of exhaustion.

 
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