Inbreeding with Yourself

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Published 2024-04-26
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Reproduction usually takes two parents, at least in most sexually reproductive species. But there's a few different species that have decided to go solo, so to speak. From whiptail lizards to California condors, here are a few of the coolest single moms in the animal world!

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All Comments (21)
  • @SciShow
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  • @HeyNonyNonymous
    "Sadly, Sharlot is not on track to start a new underwater religion" Me: putting on my ultramarine colored yarmulke, my stingray shaped robe and my scooba gear "She who gave virgin birth may never drown again!"
  • @tjcloar1913
    Alt title: Animals that took “I don’t need no man” literally
  • This subtle but elegant WInnie the Pooh shirt shall not go unnoticed.
  • I live in the Chihuahuan desert in New Mexico where the New Mexico whiptail is. I see these girls constantly. They are also lovingly dubbed “lesbian lizards” because they sometimes get a little frisky with each other to promote ovulation.
  • @scifirocks
    Mourning geckos are really cool, they're essentially lesbian lizards. They can produce young by themselves, but the process needs another gecko to mount them to start the process. Also, it's a female only species
  • @mr.jglokta191
    And then there is the male Anglerfish who probably wishes the female would go for Parthenogenesis instead
  • @CorbiniteVids
    uses hank green's youtube shorts as a divining tool to predict the next scishow episodes
  • @GeoffryGifari
    Wait... if female bees kill and eat diploid males, does that mean the bees can tell diploid males apart from haploid males?
  • @elizaalmabuena
    whiptails!! their common Spanish name (at least where I live) is lesbian jumping lizards
  • @anarchyantz1564
    "Let's talk about sex....or lack of it" "And I took that personally"...
  • @awsumaustin7650
    You know that Jarvis has good merch. Featured on GMM and now SciShow
  • I really like the new aesthetic of the channel. The actual “studio” rather than the green screen. Y’all are growing up 😂
  • @Ze_Austin
    "Trying My Best" is merch from Jarvis Johnson, a fun YouTuber Really nice to see ❤
  • Sure, the idea on a woman giving birth to a boy with the highest Midi-Chlorian count ever seen; conceived from The Force itself; may sound cool at first...uuuuntil he grows up, starts wining about sand and then turns to the Dark Side and helps nearly wipe out all the Jedi.
  • @XRatedPoetry
    5:40 Having a baby doesn't mean you get along afterwards... trust me...
  • @SciMinute
    I’ve noticed a lot of biology videos being uploaded lately! It’s such an intriguing topic!
  • I just spent all morning researching the self-cloning (parthenogenesis) Marbled Crayfish to win an argument with my brother… then this pops up. The argument? That these were the crayfish we used to catch in West GA back in the ‘80s and early ‘90s. Had to show that they aren’t yet pervasive except in the streams they’ve been introduced to by humans since being discovered 1995. Obviously, they could exist naturally in one stream somewhere if their origin was not in captivity but it’s not likely to be that one.
  • @legendaryocelot
    I guess when the angry man told the animals to "f themselves", they took it to heart.