Animal Sex Can Be Absolutely Horrifying!
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I've got to tell you, this video is full of some of the weirdest reproductive strategies in the animal kingdom. You might think you know some weird ones, but you had better buckle up! Join Zoologist Dr. Clint Laidlaw as he explores some of the strangest, and most disturbing, mating strategies in the world.
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Might your editor make the little info boxes with the terms a bit bigger, there's enough space and they're a little bit small especially on mobile
How do larvae find the host that don't really have nests when they don't have eyes? Chemoreceptors?
The fish one is fascinating. So does the sperm have a chemical that induces the embryogenesis?
Tbh not ever existing isn't really that bad... fusing with one and literally becoming a sperm receptacle might be worse tbh.
And you know as a trans, I don't consider the transformation to be a bad thing. Sure it's scary. Like because of the laws in your state and the people who make em. Or because it's still a step into the unexpected. But the expected for me was misery.
It's also interesting that in humans, there's intersex people who have both types of tissues in rare cases of fusion in utero but I think there's not been a case where both types of gametes.
I do wonder what that means, like I can only talk about myself, knowing that I've never been monogamous and had a ton of partners because I don't consider sexual intimacy to be something I need to be in love. I do assume that it's one of the indicators of my gender identity, similar with how my behaviour and also, bc we live in a society, my interest developed more in a way my culture considered masculine. Also showed typical masc presentation of adhd lol.
I think for humans the idea of conspicuous sexual characteristics..
its also the fact that we define what those characteristics are. we define the categories. We make delineation where in nature there's more a fuzziness and some overlap.
You also said the male would help you and you alone as if humans aren't social animals that have altruism that is cooperative. There's the risk but I think bc of the altruism, it would allow males to leave after getting someone pregnant bc theres still intra community help
"It's horrifying" Clint said with the brightest smile ever.
He's some terrifying combination of Loki and Mr. Rogers. 😂
That's a classic comping mechanism a smile or laugh that's a reaction to the uncomfortable situation
we're not here for his acting chops
I came here to comment on that. 😂 So gleeful.
Exactly why he's a great teacher! Entertaining, keeps even my ADHD occupied, which is a feat no other achieved.
I finally got "The Talk" from uncle Clint at the tender age of 37.
Picture a tradition where parents lead with these animals when they tell their children about sex.
It would be scientifically interesting, and it would be gross enough to keep them from doing it too young. 😅
Sometimes, when a male finds a female...
@@tell-me-a-story- empirical social science says that nothing can keep teens from doing it too young. the only thing we can teach them is how to do it safely.
ideally, without traumatic insemination.
@@tell-me-a-story-
honestly, I got my sex ed at the age of like 5 from a combo of nature documentaries and my mom's anatomy textbooks (with a major focus, or just interest on my part, who knows, on the *cellular* level) and it's what I'd reccomend to anyone wanting to teach kids about how sex works without "making it weird" or whatever. Learning like that made it more about learning how the world around me works, how living things work, it made me really interested in nature and let me feel like a part of something greater than myself.
Hearing other people talk about how sex ed was kept from them as long as possible and introduced as a scary, taboo thing makes me sad tbh.
@@shineymightyena
Actually that’s not true.
We l ow that young sex occurs less in some cultures than others.
I think we forget that adolescents have MUCH less of the hormones that creat sexual desire than adults do, and their reason for doing it is often culturally motivated.
The idea that the way they are brought up has zero influence on whether a child has sex at an early age I’d absurd.
Upbringing influences every other aspect of human behavior, but somehow sex is so different?
An example of this is that specifically girls who grow up without a father are more likely to have sex before adulthood.
So obviously the way you grow up gas an influence.
Besides, there is no such thing as a safe way for a teenager to have sex, because sex itself is mentally harmful to people who aren’t adults yet.
Because kids and adults are different.
Basically, all teenage sex is traumatic insinimation.
... This would have literally been perfect for a valentine's video
😂😂
My thoughts exactly, or a Halloween/valentine mashup
@@Trundlebugg For me St. Valentine's Day has always been far more horrific than Halloween anyway.
How about something more elaborate or wholesome for Valentine's day, like that blowfish who spends weeks making circles in the sand to attract a mate
where I live our "love and friendship day" is on late september so it counts for me
"Time to talk about penis fencing, actually, time for personal story time with Clint."
Uh oh ...😂
demonetized! :D
"When I was in high school..."
"Please come back."
xD
Exactly what I was thinking 😂
"this one time, at band camp..."
"This is the lowest-scoring pet we've ever covered" got me.
Watch that episode, it's very sweet.
I always love when people analyse humans like every other animal. It removes a lot of pretensions.
Makes it much less awkward to talk about imo :)
Same 😂
like what?
Sure, but doing so always removes some nuance and threatens to introduce your own biases as scientific facts.
I mean, in this discussion alone, the possibility of polyamorous relationships and how that might affect things is neglected, as is mention of how fluid human sexual mores tend to be and how much childrearing might have initially been as much a collective effort by the group as much as a labor of the biological parents.
@@MrGksarathy That's because that stuff is just what decadent societies do before they collapse. Irrelevant.
The smile on Clint's face while graphically describing horrifying processes is both endearing and disturbing
The importance of a comma.
"Let's eat, mom!" vs. "Let's eat MOM!"
Apparently those Strepsipterans never learned proper grammar lol
I read that as stepsister-ians.
I wasnt allowed to watch animal planet for a few years as a child because i kept bringing up the mating habits of several creatures in elementary school. Echidna penises, barbed cat penises, the male anglerfish turning itself into a gonad after attaching the female, and worms and snail genital sparring.
and yet adults think children will be overwhelmed and terrified by the idea of human mating rituals XD
Don't forget spiral duck penises and labyrinth cloachas 😂
To be fair, nature is pretty rapey.
@meisteremm yea drakes can be real mean to hens
thankfully for our hens we have a goose in with them, and geese are mostly monogamous and have standards when it comes to mating, so if she thinks the drakes are going too far she will stop them, and there isnt rly much 5 pound drakes can do to stop a 20 pound goose
That's among the funniest things I've ever heard
"And generally, a phallus is a pretty lousy weapon to bring to a swordfight."
Well you know what they say: The penis mightier than the sword.
Perfection!
I mean if you have one, you usually have to bring it to swordfights, even if you don't end up using it.
meatier.
@@e.s.lavall9219although you may bring your phallus to the sword fight (by sheer obligation), not all return with the phallus intact.
"It's 'The Pen is Mightier,' Mr. Connory!"
8:44 "That' the thing about evolution: it doesn't make ideal organisms, just organisms that make more themselves... by any means necessary"
My favorite quote. Ideal fot many horror or scify movies
Upright gait had many benefits for us that but our births became some of the most dangerous in nature.
Really the opposite of ideal.
"Its Horrifying" he grins , a hint of madness in his eyes... your work is amazing.
Omg, one of these days we need a full 20 minutes long video with nothing but bloopers and those two getting their mind blown and giggling 😂
pretty much what you get with patreon extra's videos!
I love zoology but I don't typically get that excited about insects. But Clint, you make the topic irresistible.
"[...] learned some fun terms that are difficult to incorporate into polite conversation!" That's my life. 😂
We're missing you at AnimalCon brother! ❤
Once again commenting for the algorithm! Will watch tonight!
It's worth a watch!
"And generally a phallus is the wrong thing to bring to a swordfight..."
"Not if you have mine..." said the snail.
Bedbugs also utilize traumatic insemination. I get it, they deserve it, they're the stuff of nightmares from every perspective. Thanks for letting me know it's more widespread than just those terrors 😅
Scrolled to the comments to bring up bedbugs myself. They're awful, but the worst thing about them is that while the females have anatomy that allows non-traumatic insemination, the males just choose not to use it.
You saw The King of Staten Island too, right? One of my favorite movies. 😂
To be fair, from a wasps perspective Strepsiptera are way more of a pain in the abdomen than a beg bug could ever be to us. 😂
More reason to hate them lmao
Not every perspective. You see, despite being blood sucking parasites in a similar vein to lice & flies, they aren't a vector for any disease (as far as is known)
This was the best possible video to watch while making breakfast for my family 🤣🤣 they're in the living room like "is mom... Okay in there?" But nobody wants to come check just in case 😅
Could be worse, they could be saying is mom ok out there while you are the breakfast
@@kirkalmeida 🤣🤣🤣
My favorite sort of thing on TH-cam. Nerds joyfully explaining stuff we don't need to know.
I am honestly ashamed of myself for doubting that you would not cover a sensitive subject with the utmost care and respect. Tragically discussions about human secondary sexual characteristics will often be rife with sexism and not science. Thank you for always making me feel safe Dr. Laidlaw!
Definitely the most sensitive topic and most controversial segment of the video. 😂
I'd give Clint the benefit of the doubt to talk about humans and sex, gender, and sexuality scientifically.
@jocelyngray6306 on one hand I agree, but on the other hand, he's mormon so I don't think he'd be very open to talk about that side of human gender and sexuality.
hes mormon?! those guys really are american version jews
@@astralb.2647
He’s Mormon? That surprises me. I guess abrahamic religions generally make some weird claims, but among them Mormons seem to have one of the most outlandish doctrines. I wonder wich parts of them he believes or if he just practices without thinking about the theology.
I like how you explain human reproduction strategies. No outrage from my part.
Never thought I'd see the word harem used in a scientific context also, I would love to hear more about why the human meeting process is weird from a academic perspective of course
Well, what I'd say regarding the weirdness is that we're remarkably similar physiologically and cognitively for species where males and females face competing selective pressures. Sure, males are on average a bit larger and stronger, and females are on average slightly more protective and nurturing, but we've got nothing on... well, pretty much every other mammal, where it's prerequisite. Which is great for me, since I fall smack in the middle on both counts XD
@@DavidBarklandI don't know to be honest. Mammals in general don't really have big sexual dimorphism, so we might actually be a bit more sexually dimorphic than many mammals, physiologically at least (I think psychically we are pretty much the same, wouldn't make much sense otherwide to me tbh). But not so many mammals are monogomous (well, most of the general human population), so that's also kind of out of the ordinary.
The monogamy could be a cultural thing, but I personally do think it is more of a natural thing, as it takes a lot of time, recources and care to raise a human child and they are pretty defenseless for a long time, so both parents staying together to only take care of that one, sometimes multiple children does make sense to me. In that way some form of polygamy (or how it's written) does also make sense to me personally, as you can have more people to care for a child.
Just what I think though. Some mammals are pretty sexually dimorphic still, but most of the ones that come to mind for me aren't really all that much.
I wrote too much on this I'm sorry 💀
@@SmurfieDurfie Actually humans have reduced sexual dimorphism (in terms of body size) compared to other great apes. We have the least body size difference between males and females of any great ape by quite a bit. From an evolution standpoint, the ancestors of humans (e.g. the common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees/bonobos) most likely had greater body size difference at first, but it became reduced in humans over time as it became less important for selection.
@@DJFracus Yeah. To me, this suggests that human reproduction evolved in a context focused on communal/cooperative childrearing as opposed to inter specific competition between humans for mating. Then again, our capacity for culture muddies the waters significantly.
@@SmurfieDurfie There are a ton I can name off the top of my head. Lions, basically all deer species, most pinnipeds, elephants, baboons and mandrills, gorillas, etc.
23:50 Clint delivered that line so well, they couldn’t edit out that laugh 🤣
0:21 I like my men like I like my biology trivia, weird and horrifying
Thanks. I'M OUTRAGED...that you stopped where you did 😅. Another informative and interesting episode.
Clint's expectation: OUTRRRAGE!!!
Reality: everyone's delighted and tries to find a neighbor Laidlaw to expand Clint's genealogy.
I just love humanity.
Shakespeare being Shakespeare, the odds that the line Clint cited would double as a d*ck joke approach 1:1. 😂
Probably. I mean there was that whole section in A Midsummer's Night Dream involving the donkey
I mean, it's not uncommon in Shakespeare's plays... and for it to be even more direct. Recall another example from Othello: "an old black ram/ is tupping your white ewe."
Well that got weird fast, and hilarious even faster. Keep them coming! I have a marvelous time sharing these horrifying pieces of information with the unsuspecting masses.
Hi Clint, I'm curious how biologists account for the highly social nature of our species when considering human reproductive strategies. Does the fact that we (and our ancestors for millions of years) have always lived in groups/communities and had grandparents, siblings, etc. to help care for/raise offspring factor into how we should think about the distinctions in human secondary sexual characteristics? Do we have evidence of whether earlier human species had similar distinctions in secondary sexual characteristics? Great and horrifying video!
Most of us leave that to the social anthropologists. 😅
There are several factors that can be directly traced to our social nature, and the resulting competition.
For example: many female primates swell around their reproductive bits when they are receptive. These swellings are located at eye level for other passing primates. There's a trend (not entirely universal) that bigger social groups have pronounced or obvious (via colour, etc.) swelling.
Now, humans don't swell (much) down below when we're in estrus - but we're one of the very few mammals in the world with permanently swelled breasts, and our breasts change in appearance with hormone levels, milk production and so on. Females' chests also blush more obviously than males when aroused. This stuff isn't hugely apparent in our clothed culture, but it exists. There's a difficult-to-prove hypothesis that, as we began to walk upright, our swellings migrated from our primary reproductive bits to our secondary ones, to facilitate upright walking and to keep the puffy bits at eye level. This notion goes on to hypothesize that, since males are attracted to receptive (puffy) females, that females began to retain their swellings longer, in order to hold male attention, until the female human breast remained inflated (to a greater or lesser degree) all the time. This, it's thought, helped keep males attentive for longer - as per what Clint was saying about the investment/choices of males vs. females in reproduction.
With regard to grandparents, that's an (evolutionarily) new development - which seems to only date back to the late Palaeolithic. Before that, we get the occasional specimen of a really old person, just as we get the occasional 60+ year-old chimp, but three-generation families didn't tend to last long. Before that, we were relying on siblings and parents' siblings, just like many other social animals. As a consequence, our sexual dimorphism tends to be comparable to a lot of other small- to medium-group-sized animals. For example: black bears are basically solitary, and it can be very hard to tell male from female. Elephant seals - which breed in huge colonies with fierce inter-male competition - have an equally huge difference between sexes. Humans are somewhere in the middle - to the point that (without getting into the socio-psychological topic of gender) many males or females could pass as the opposite sex, with dedication to diet, exercise, grooming and so on. However, by and large, most humans you meet in the wild are readily recognized as one sex or the other, and some are very obvious.
@@adreabrooks11 A lot of this read as evo psychology nonsense, truth be told, especially the bit about the increased flush around the chest area in females.
Same question, i've hear that there are indications that hominins exhibited varying degrees of sexual dimorphism. But not sure about this
@@MrGksarathy Well, as I said, a lot of it remains to be proven conclusively (and some never can be, being lost in the past), but the increased blood flow to the face and chest is actually the most quantifiable bit.
I had no idea Clint had a “kids as pets” video. As a mom of 3 grown kids, hilarious. Off to watch the video 😃
Ok, this video was hilarious, disturbing, and somehow charming all at the same time. Please do more of these!
best video yet! you combined your normal "child friendly" language with a VERY not child friendly topic both in terms of violence and sex.... I have been a fan for a while but I think I now fully understand and appreciate your humor. (note I do not condone in any way, shape or form any form of violence ESPECIALLY sexual)
Saw Strepsiptera on the cover, and I immediately got excited. It's very rare to see anyone cover the group, let alone even mention them.
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23:45 I love how you cut the shot just as the crew started to crack up. 🤣 It made it so much better!
PS: I'm always amazed by the various reproductive strategies in nature, but many channels shy away from such tiopics. Thank you for covering it, and I'd love to see more.
A video about the ecology and evolutionary biology of human reproduction told from a scientific perspective would definitely be a fun video. We often talk about the sex lives of other animals from this perspective, but I feel like taking a step back and looking at our own reproduction in this way can give a lot of context to explain why we act in the ways we do in relationships.
Yes and also we are a neotenic specie.
That would be a pretty controversial video though. A real clinical analysis of people's dating/reproductive habits based off of what they actually DO rather than what they SAY would not paint our species in a particularly flattering light by modern standards.
@@chriswhinery925why is that? We're more equal and peaceful than most spiecies. At least for mammals.
New ideas on what to try out in the bedroom 🤣
I didn't say _good_ ideas, just new ones
Alternative title to your comment
"Restraining Order Speedrun, No Cheats, No hacks, World Record Attempt"
I'd honestly love to hear you dive more into the mating habits and secondary sexual characteristics of humans! I think understanding the evolutionary drive behind certain behaviours can help with societal acceptance of how people are which is ultimately a good thing
I also think it'd be interesting to explore how our social structures at large can impact this too. Like, would a female with more social support from family be more inclined to have brief encounters? Would a male with worse competitive odds be more inclined to settle down with one individual due to the benefit of the alternative being cut?
Human sexuality is much more complicated than JUST reproduction of course, it's still interesting to dive into the roots of where it all originally evolved from. Humans (and other primates) also use sex as a social bonding tool for instance, regardless of reproduction.
From the plant side of things, we're used to dealing with crazy levels of aneuploidy, to the point where something with 8-10 copies of the chromosomes isn't unheard of.
Yeah, plants are much more flexible in that regard
Learning more about human evolution is always enjoyable, so I appreciate Clint including it in the video.
However, I’m conflicted by the narrative because it indicates that evolution preferred Homo Sapiens, who evolved to be better suited for the nucleic, monogamous family structure. Archaeological and physiological evidence suggests this social structure has only been relatively common since the agricultural revolution. Before that, social groups were polyamorous, and child-rearing was a primarily collective effort.
I can see a potential argument for nucleic families. Still, hundreds of thousands of years practicing polyamory vs. ten thousand of monogamy* in a limited number of cultures make that argument less compelling. I would love to see a more in-depth video on these perspectives!
Oh, how I adore destroying people’s’ perceptions of “Finding Nemo”! 😂 I love this. Kinda funny how high the proportion of weird reproduction is among insects. I appreciate you covering it.
This sounds fascinating yet chilling! 😳 I'm really curious about what kind of love stories are explored in the animal kingdom. What makes them horrifying? I can't wait to dive into these unexpected tales
Wow, I’m fascinated by the concept! 🌍❤️ I never thought about love in the animal kingdom being horrifying. I can’t wait to hear these tales and learn more about the complexities of animal relationships
This is going to be wild! 🐾💔 I’ve heard some crazy stories about animal behavior, but I’m curious how you’ll frame them as love stories. I love the unexpected-bring it on
Please do these as often as possible! That's how often I want these! And more information on humans is also welcome!
Dude, the scriptwriting on this video absolutely knocks it out of the park. Loved every second.
This can’t be demonetized! This is the best! All facts, no gimmicks, and just fun! I would love to hear more! This has to stay up. Of all the things someone can find on TH-cam that SHOULD be ban worthy this is anything but. Another like this can’t come sooner, but I’ll be patiently waiting to see how it fairs. Nothing but the best no matter what!
Glorious. Clint. Please tell us again the messed up version of "the birds and the bees" but next time you have to be in martial combat with your producers, with foils and fencing gambesons. Whenever one of you scores a hit, you have to yell "Preggo!"
Still a better love story than Twilight.
Oh my God, you just sent me back to 2009 😵💫
I'm pretty sure the burst out of the mother thing happened in Book 4. It was a weird series.
Lol
Classic, haha.
@@lionessoftor4139 plus, I feel like being turned into a vampire from a bite is close enough to traumatic insemination
Outtakes and bloopers reel, now! I'd say a 30 min. video of y'all losing your composure would be hilarious.🤣
The human one is very interesting and important. People forget that at the end of the day we're animals to. By breaking it down in this way you are taking out societal norms, religious doctrine, morality and just explaining biology. You're not telling us what we should do just what our bodies are looking for. I love this.
I personally disagree somewhat. This whole discussion flattened a fair bit of historical diversity in human mating arrangements, specifically polyamorous relationships like polygyny and polyandry which have existed for various socio biological reasons, not to mention homosexuality and homosexual relationships.
@@MrGksarathy Not to mention communal child rearing, i.e. raising the offspring is handled by the group, as opposed to just the biological parents of said offspring
@@VoxTenebrae Was about to say. Child rearing likely evolved in a very communal context, like it does for many of our closest relatives.
@@VoxTenebrae That's hardly ever done. Occasionally, you'll find some tribe in the stone age doing it, but it hasn't caught on for a reason.
@@MeanBeanComedy The nuclear family is actually more recent than the extended family, and in many cultures today, the extended family as the basic family unit is the norm.
I actually need more videos of "freaky ways organisms reproduce" but sexually, not asexually. Cause asexual reproduction can be its own video, it's so fascinating. I'm a biology student, and in a past class I wrote a paper on sexual and asexual reproduction, and many factors around it, including the different types of hermaphroditism. I find it so interesting! And it's pretty cool that it exists in such an evolved and intelligent species as humans too. Not that we're above nature- haha
love how there's no need to look for alien life and its strangeness; the strangeness is right here at home already.
I have an extreme fear of parasites lol, however sometimes it's in the good way. For Halloween, maybe some of the freakiest parasites could be a video idea? Maybe the extent of creepiness is specific to me though :p
I can’t watch parasite stuff and I’m an advanced level EMT!
I never want to assume anyone's age. I'm in my mid 30's and I remember this show that used to be on TV called Monsters Inside Me. It was all real life stories of people dealing with the most messed up parasites imaginable. To this day I'm still freaked out lol
@@godrickstockwell1505 When I was a kid I couldn't sleep if I heard buzzing in my room because that show made me terrified of botflies
Thank you Clint for blessing me with wonderful weird facts that I can unleash on unsuspecting friends and family. The mix of facts and fun is perfect, and one of my happy rituals is sitting down with a snack to watch one of your videos!
When you brought up the mollies I thought that would be the sequential hermaphrodite part, but this group never ceases to amaze 😮
If youtube demonetizes this then we are truly living in dark times. This is an awesome educational video
Clint has perfected the art of "double telling" in his narrative style, which effectively imparts lessons through storytelling. The appeal of his tales transcends age, resonating with audiences ranging from five to eighty years old, as they possess a depth that engages all generations. Mastering this skill is no simple feat, and in my six decades of experience, I can confidently assert that Clint stands out as one of the most exceptional practitioners I have encountered in this genre.
Love it, Clint. The latter half of the video was particularly enlightening, disturbing, encouraging, and hilarious all at once.
This video was ridiculously hilarious. Please make more. 😂😂😂 the CRAZY look in your eye while telling us about these things is so funny
Oh my goodness…
This video was Gold Clint….Gold!
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Looking forward to the next Halloween skeleton video. Today I saw a bone donkey in a store. Crazy bonez does alot of bone animals. They honestly feel less like an animals skeleton and more like an animal made of bone.
8:30 this one really cracked me up. I was about to see your video and have breakfast, saw the title... "I think I'll see this one later"
The first story in this video was a bad choice to watch while trying to eat lunch, my kimchi is suddenly not nearly as appetizing
I want these videos every hour of the day.
I would love a more in-depth video on human reproductive strategies and habits. Please make one. :)
This is one of your most interesting videos yet. I really liked learning about reproductive strategies in general, and then learning about specific examples. And I would be super interested to learn more about human reproduction strategies.
This is exactly the sort of animal facts video I come to TH-cam for. Thank you, and I mean that sincerely
It's hard to believe that advertisers would not want to be associated with such a masterwork as this video. TH-cam demonetization makes no sense.
I think that's a good explanation to why we originally developed these traits, or maybe why our ancestors developed these traits, but I'd like to remind everyone who mightve found Clint's description upsetting is that we are more than just our evolutionary traits. Evolution doesn't tell us what we "should" be doing, it just tells us what was just good enough to allow us to survive in the past.
With complex brains, we can decide for ourselves how we live our lives and how we treat each other. Many men love monogamous relationships that involve raising kids, many people regardless of gender look for things in partners that arent related to physical features, many human beings choose to be consensually non-monogamous, many human beings choose not to date at all, etc etc etc.
I would like to point out though that it isn't uncommon for humans of one sex to have sexually dimorphic traits of the other sex. Gynocosmastia is a great example of this: all it takes is for a male to be born with genes that cause him to produce more estrogen than average and he will too grow breasts. All it takes for a female to grow facial hair and broad shoulders is for her to be born with genes that cause her to produce more testosterone than average. It isn't uncommon for humans to be born with a mix match of traits associated with the sex (chromosomes, genitals, secondary sex traits) as there is a whole community of people who fit this description. They're called intersex, an umbrella term for many types of sex trait combinations not typically associated with what we see as male or female. If anyone's interested in learning more, I'd recommend looking into InterActAdvocate .org as they have a whole list of different variations of intersex and how common they are (and some are just as common as people with red hair).
I don't think the discussion of how humans choose mates and how that differs between sexes should cause outrage at all! As a queer person who enjoys studying anthropology and sociology, I think all the biological/ evolutionary factors and uniquely human social expectations that come to influence one's path of survival and choice of mate are very fascinating! I enjoy coming to these kinds of conversations with an open mind instead of expecting to be upset.
It also really makes you think about the development of our intelligence and the blurry transition from slow physiological change via natural selection versus rapid changes caused by social and societal pressures that we developed ourselves. When did we override evolution by being so smart, and how long was the period where natural selection and society were affecting our development at the same time? Which human species did those pressures most apply to, and how much did _H. sapiens_ inherit via both interbreeding and cultural exchange? It's fun to think about!
Thanks!
20:31 yes we need to hear more
Yes, please!
Would love another deep dive on how weird humans are biologically. While I'm sure some of it is due to the massive population to pull data from and the high accuracy of reporting of that data, humans do seem wild.
Monogamy and polygamy are both exhibited frequently with success in recorded history, male and female dominated social structures are prevalent, and there's a massive range for what are considered attractive in mates for both primary and secondary sexual features.
We truly are the strangest animals of all time
It's gotta be the intelligence. We got real smart, and with sapience comes the ability to argue about the merits of each method and then go off and try out all the different methods intentionally. Evolution usually just has organisms stumble upon such structures accidentally and builds them into instincts and and hormone-driven impulses, but once you're smart enough, you can do it on purpose! And since we're so smart, enough of us figured out ways to make all those systems work to some degree, and now we're here talking to each other using rocks we taught how to think using lightning.
Reminds me of the plot of idiocracy. Evolution doesn't reward the best, only who reproduces the most.
Amazon mollies parasitize males for sperm, and then go line up for welfare benefits. Baby daddies swim to the far side of the ocean and change their names.
Continuing through the misery is hardly a "reward" though.
I think a video covering the secondary sex characteristics for humans would be really interesting. Talking about beards and what purpose those potentially play and human pheromones would be really interesting to me. Also, the postcranial crest in males (the little bump of the back of your head where your skull meets your vertebral column). Why is it more pronounced in men than women? What purpose does that serve? Is it because the bones of tetrapod males are generally more robust?
Great! My top 3 favourite youtube channel and top 10 commenter 😁
Best wishes all the way from Norway 😊
Something about Clint gives weight to recommendations. So, even if I've seen other TH-camrs advertise something, when I see Clint recommend it I immediately think, Whoa! I should check that out!
Let's just pray Clint always only uses that power for good. 😅
Are you saying that you're also curious about getting a case for your ear buds case?
I'm currently waiting for my warranty replacement for my Elgin Rebel earplug headphones, but when that one eventually gives up the ghost in about a year, Clint just might persuade me to try Raycons.
@@AnnoyingNewsletters yes! Suddenly these particular earbuds seem like an excellent idea, even though I've never met an earbud that would actually stay in my ear. 🤣
20:28 Please go right ahead. Please gives us some more information on that. I am dying to learn more about the distinct and different secondary sexaul characteristics of male and female humans. Screw the outrage!
24:32 As some one who's into both male humans and female humans, I'd say we're the biggest winners. Both in terms of secondary sexual characteristics produced by indirect selection, and in terms of primary sexual characteristics produced by direct selection. (If you know you know.) On a more serious note, I find it quite fascinating how cognitively similar male and female humans are compared to other species where the males and females face competing selective pressures.
The editing was ON POINT for this! I could not stop laughing and being horrified at the same time. You gotta make this into a series
You’re probably the only person on TH-cam who I trust to give unbiased information about sexual selection in human evolution. Literally anyone else I’d reflexively expect to have an agenda.
Woo perfect video to watch with my coffee this morning! Thanks for the informative video as always and happy halloween! 🎃
Well, you know what they say, sex and gender are different because "Sex refers to “the different biological and physiological characteristics of males and females, such as reproductive organs, chromosomes, hormones, etc. Gender refers to "the socially constructed characteristics of women and men - such as norms, roles and relationships of and between groups of women and men". So maybe, while Marlin is male in terms of gender (you can see how he acts as a father to Nemo), biologically, he may be female (because, as you said if the dominant female of a clownfish school dies, the most dominant male in the school becomes the new dominant female). As for whether you should release more videos like this, definitely. Maybe your next one could be for Valentines Day next year.
You've finally covered one of my favourite parts of biology. The crazy weird ways species reproduce is such an interesting thing. Definitely need more of these videos. I think it would be interesting to cover the whiptail lizards!
Can we have one of these videos every week or two please!!!
I knew quite a few marines who should probably have male twist winged flies as their spirit animals, lol.
Well thats pretty alien way of have love
Yes, it is certainly twisted to sell yourself into bondage to profiteers and psychopaths.
I guess I should have specified the male flies@@prasetyodwikuncorojati2434
I really hope this is a joke about not eating properly or something equally harmless
I love this channel! Watch till the very end with the bloopers 🤣
I love this content! Longtime viewer first time posting ! This was almost nostalgic for me as I am a biology major and went on later to teach high school and I remember teaching my students about penis fencing. Lol I even had a video and this was before TH-cam. They were horrified 😂
Clint, even if this was the only type of video you put out, i would come back every week for more. Keep up the good work. You've made me start looking up phylogenies for animals I see at work every day (logging industry).
You made my day by this... interesting information.
I am horrified and shocked and ROLLING on the floor laughing! Why can't all education be like this? It would be a crying SHAME for this to be demonitized because I LEARNED stuff today. Those on-line courses can't come soon enough. And yes, please, more analysis of human reproduction strategies. Can we dip into cultural mores and reproduction, or is that too far off the pure-science road?
I would love to know more about human mating rituals, always wondered how those things worked.
I love the 'us' part, never thought of it that way...
Also, would love to see videos of this series about once every 3 hours, thanks and see you at 5pm!
The more I learn about animals, the weirder they get.
Please do a valentine version of this with animals that mate for life and/or parent their children together and the possible benefits for them as a species to do this (higher percentage of offspring making it to adulthood?)
Hi Clint, big fan of your show here! Don't usually comment much but I want to today for your benefit. You're a decent guy and would never trigger anyone on purpose, but your header " Traumatic Insemination is pretty triggering for those who have survived rape or sexual abuse. Just wanted to point it out. Thanks for all the great videos! I've enjoyed learning so much from them.
Clint’s enthusiasm and joy is infectious ❤️ Love his passion for all animals.
22:16 I'll never make that mistake again
That was a hilarious video!
I was expecting that parasitic barnacle that replaces a crab‘s nervous system, though. Any chances you cover that some time? It’s perfectly horrifying 😊
3:50 Would you love me if I was a worm?
LMAOOO 🤣🤣🤣
BRO YT SHOWED THIS ONE TO ME RIGHT WHERE YOU TIMESTAMPED IT LMAO