While male eagles typically share egg-warming duties, jumping in when the females need to hunt and eat, Hope’s mate, Valor I, couldn’t bring himself to incubate the eggs for more than a few minutes. While other males work hard to feed their ravenous offspring, Valor I provided only for himself. Neither of the pair’s eaglets would survive in 2012, and the next year, Hope showed up with a new mate, the steady and hard-working Valor II.