What Happens When You Inbreed? | Earth Science

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[takerapoel]

You know it's bad when both religion and science agree on it

[がに-kn]

"I'm not pointing fingers at the modern monarchy"

But you could. Queen Elizabeth II is married to her 2nd and 3rd cousin. 2nd and 3rd, because they're both descended from another pair of royals who were cousins that got married.

[TheChestnutBowl]

YouTube, why did you recommend this video to me? I mean, it was interesting, but I don't recall searching for inbreeding, ever.

[Flyingsquirrel]

This is really gonna screw up my recommended videos...

[babyzillakilla]

When you only came here for the but there was no chart

[amandaharvey]

'Could inbreeding be good?'
NO GREG

[Lovelyhesaid]

I really want to know who disliked this video? Like who’s out there saying “ya inbreeding is the best and this dude is feeding us lies”

[liwest]

i just... how do you look at any family member and feel anything like that...

[Aand_its_me]

I went to Pakistan last year and I was at my cousin's house, and she was watching the news. The news said that it was bad to marry your cousin and she got really shocked because in some parts of Pakistan it is normal to marry your cousin. And to me, being brought up in the western world, was really shocked that she didn't know that

[kikiam]

I feel so so so bad for the offsprings of inbreeding. They suffer the most for having painful diseases throughout their life. A baby i saw in a show have a skin disease and when the doctor said it's because of inbreeding from generation(s) before her and she has no idea. :(((

[mattbilotta]

Would be awkward if a sibling walked in while you were watching this...

[Poemi]

I knew a guy from Bulgaria who said they’re required to do blood tests there before marriage to make sure they’re not too closely related.

[WalkmanSiPod]

just imagine the pickup lines: "if you were to draw out your family tree, it would be a christmas wreath"

[ac]

I broke up with my girl because of this video she said we can still be cousins tho

[themarsquatch]

I clicked on this video because I wanted to learn what happened to the people across the street from me..

[drewconway]

"What happens when you inbreed?" You inherit the British crown. *mic drop*

[knownothing]

when my first girl friend broke up with me ....
she said ...

"we can still be cousins"

[AmandaRain]

This is why purebred dogs are actually terrible. It's the reason why pugs and bulldogs and all those "show" breeds have so many health problems. Because they're bread with their own parents and siblings. If these dogs were allowed to breed with healthy, stronger dogs like they're meant to then yeah the world would be full of mutts but they would be healthy and strong and wouldn't have cancer, tumors, joint problems, and all those other health problems common in purebred dogs

[maureentuohy]

Is inbreeding unhealthy??? I'm here to tell you it is! I worked in a NICU and PICU and BELIEVE me it can get very sad and scary!

[marcoffs]

lmao i really liked the animators commentary on this one