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Polyandry-the practice of females having two or more mates at the same time-is rare among animals-particularly humans. But it`s thriving among a group of ethnic Tibetans in the highlands of Nepal and Tibet, according to the April issue of Discover magazine.
”Many (of these human) families consist of a wife with up to five husbands, as with the Galapagos hawk,” it reports. ”The co-husbands are usually brothers, as with Tasmanian native hens. In a family with more than one son, the oldest brother marries when he comes of age. Each younger brother then later joins him as co-husband.”
Apparently not all men enter such arrangements eagerly. Sometimes a younger brother will become a monk rather than marrying an older bride, says Discovery.
