How the Egg Came First

[@redmadhatter03]

Find yourself somebody who loves you the same way the Eons editor loves that one stock clip of the DNA gels getting lined up

[@withboldentreaty]

ded

[@brax2649]

Do this, and you’ll never be lonely again.

[@gaiangalaxy3198]

Lmao

[@lewismassie]

It's one of my favourite pieces of stock footage

[@sanguillotine]

I haven’t even noticed that, what part is that

[@NicNac723]

My man is getting J A C K E D

[@madil2259]

Damn right. Those forearms!

[@guytheincognito4186]

Muscle Hank; Ho ho ho, - I am a human. But I am the very pinnacle of my entire species! -

[@scotthendricks5665]

Daddy

[@garethbjenkins]

The next PBS release needs to be Hank Green's: How the producer got Jacked followed by Which came first 'My diet or my mad GAINZ' #DoyouevenScienceBro

[@DioBrando-yk5up]

Betican he’s a jojo character from part 1-3

[@GrizzlyO]

This dude is buff with knowledge, his muscles look smart.

[@helldronez]

i always asumed that dude with bigger muscle is dumbest of all, i was wrong when seeing this dude

[@kotarojujo2737]

@@helldronez yep, he breaks the stereotypes of science nerds

[@naufalap]

bro I think most bodybuilders are just nutrition and anatomy nerds

[@Christarfire]

naufalap I think your onto something

[@criscuellar1461]

Those arms cary his other brains

[@joeywall4657]

Your channel and work have enriched my life so much. I'm 40, feeling like an astonished 7 year old in the 80s again.

[@katelynnehansen8115]

I feel the same, though I’m a month shy of 32.

[@stephonlamar1815]

Learning has 🚫 age Barriers ‼️👈🤷‍♀️🤷🤷‍♂️🧐

[@JustSomeKittenwithaGun]

Every other video: "I am commenting on something relevant to the topic." Comments here: *my boy swole*

[@pezvonpez]

Comment above yours: "homie is SWOLE af, we need a video on his evolution into a certified beef cake" Comment below yours: "Man the Eons guy got buff as heck. That's the kind of physique you get from lifting dinosaur bones all day." yeah

[@lefleurdulmal]

Could you guys do an episode of the unique fauna that existed on India back when it was a detached subcontinent?

[@mariosqui8995]

Yessss, Please!

[@nickhowland8022]

@@mariosqui8995 yes!!!!

[@jacoblewis5230]

Yes that would be nice to learn. hard to learn that sort of stuff.

[@Sunny-Smiles1234]

I would love to know about this please!!!!

[@stegotyranno4206]

Yes, my homeland!

[@jonvelz4170]

Man the Eons guy got buff as heck. Thats the kind of physique you get from lifting dinosaur bones all day.

[@monstruosdelmultiverso9489]

Lmao

[@GhostsOfSparta]

Rofl.🤣🤣 Dino bones lol.

[@KingofCrusher]

He's definitely been shopping at Baby Gap for t shirts.

[@Chance0]

This is a great comment! Lol

[@ominous_stranger]

Dino bones are hollow.

[@Snafuuu]

this guy gets more buff every episode Edit: someone please stop this man. no one should be allowed to possess that much knowledge of the ancients AND have the physique of Zeus himself

[@xzendon]

I knew it wasn't just me that noticed!

[@Chainsawyou]

His head is starting to look small from them gains

[@Snafuuu]

@@Chainsawyou he works out at the library

[@davidec.4021]

Yeah he’s looking great! Some good motivation for us library rats out here to lift some books and stuff

[@user-.--.-]

Mans gettin THICC

[@yanheere6859]

Half of the comments: Wow so the egg came first. Neat. Other half of the comments: Dayumm, my boi Blake looking SWOLE AF!

[@destree6348]

Finally... someone who is actually trying to answer the question with science

[@Monkforilla]

This question has been answered since the 90’s?? Not anyone’s fault you were late 30 years 😂

[@VickHushpuppy215]

Gubb 🤣🤣🤣🤣 word

[@Purexfallenxangel90]

When ever im asked i say egg due to "eggs" in all forms are single celled organisms stimulated to become multicellular organisms.

[@danieloxborough3245]

This doesnt answer whether the chicken or the egg came first, i could write a big para about how the chicken came first but i wont cos im tired, but yes, in terms of the chicken and egg, the chicken came first

[@Purexfallenxangel90]

@@danieloxborough3245 well i think about it in terms of single cell because when the question is asked "which came first, the chicken or the egg" its never specified the egg as being a chicken egg its only assumed as the chicken is usually placed first in the wording. (Im not saying its wrong but how its worded is open to interpretation of the egg being a chicken egg or not a chicken egg)

[@parmaxolotl]

Eons: How the egg came first Me: finally, a break from all this Coronavirus drama! Eons: pregnancy came from a virus Me:

[@gregorclegane7563]

Me: *surprised axolotl face*

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

Parm Axolotl You'd be suprised how a lot of genetic features and expressions came from mutated proteins and viruses

[@YumiSumire]

@@ksoundkaiju9256 hopefully after this pandemic human will get genetically smarter. Let's start with washing your hands after using bathrooms first.

[@lakshmimohan6467]

😄 there was one video I don't remember which channel that said we have a portion of viral DNA in us.

[@Richard_Nickerson]

@@lakshmimohan6467 Great input...

[@crazikyle]

I love history and evolution. Time spans I cannot comprehend, all these random little mutations that somehow change the course of life itself, and how they all leave a story is just so fascinating.

[@theteddyoso4142]

crazikyle it’s so great right!

[@tayleanruatha]

Agreed

[@aaronmarks9366]

So freaking awesome

[@ryomahoffman6803]

Philosophy: “ what came first the chicken or the egg? We will never know.” Biology: “actually”

[@perpetualzen]

Philosophy is just asking the big questions. Science is answering them.

[@jamesfra1311]

The Chegg

[@alveolate]

@@perpetualzen actually, the classic "chicken or egg" question in philosophy is more of a metaphor for seemingly endless cycles and whether they had a beginning. this can range from the classic scientific inquiry of when speciation begins/occurs to cosmological discussions of big bang - big crunch cycles.

[@hugeturd42]

there is a old video on scishow where they prove that the mother was first, not the egg

[@Leotique]

but philosophers are talking about the chicken egg, not anykind of eggs.

[@arturo_cruz]

I'm australian, and i still have a hard time believing platypuses are real.

[@k9fangamvs53]

Have you never seen Perry?!

[@knalydge5]

What made them?

[@Lumberjack_king]

the god of chaos

[@holom2076]

@@knalydge5 God got bored and created a platypus

[@justinstewart4889]

@@knalydge5 The lort

[@ccostah]

Hi! My student uploaded a few weeks ago subtitles in Portuguese for this video, translated by us. I hope they can be available soon, so we can share to more people who don't understand English. Thank you for your amazing work!

[@hailmammonmoments7568]

Damn. Sometimes I actually need to take a moment to process how genuinely random natural history is.

[@MrMezmerized]

Unless you consider the deterministic nature of cause & effect. Then "random" merely means "unpredictable" in the literal sense.

[@phynx1756]

@@MrMezmerized Same could be said about all reality. And that implies we have no choice thus freewill is a lie. Worlds wack bro im going back to lookin at platapoos

[@seandobbins2231]

@@phynx1756 not exactly. Free will is simply the ability to choose and humans generally always have that choice. The concept of the "deterministic nature of cause and effect" is simply that all effects have a cause, that nothing is truly random. Anything is only seemingly random because we can't predict the effect of an action or circumstance, however with the more knowledge we gain, the more accurately we can predict things and the less random the world seems.

[@TheMikecheck101]

"Egg came first" "Where'd the egg come from if there was no chicken?" "A dinosaur"

[@kekeke8988]

But chickens are dinosaurs.

[@cintronproductions9430]

Where did the dinosaur come from?

[@FreedomAnderson]

Modern Chickens are the result of hybridization between two wild species.

[@MarioOnShrooms]

A primitive reptile before dinosaurs existed. Late Paleozoic likely.

[@kknightsoldier8453]

All stared by little cells

[@marcelw6440]

I'm going to use this video to start a needless and heated argument.

[@yceluger4606]

We're waiting

[@thechicken9463]

Marcel W how dare you. Your behavior is disgusting ( intense sarcasm )

[@trinathebookworm8977]

Yelling! Tears! Objects thrown and hair ripped!

[@phoenixdavida8987]

Good luck in your undertaking.

[@brothermine2292]

No need for heat. If a "chicken egg" is defined as "an egg laid by a chicken" then a chicken must have existed before the first chicken egg. But if a "chicken egg" is defined as "an egg that will hatch into a chicken" (assuming it's a healthy egg kept warm and safe) then a chicken egg must have existed before the first chicken. In summary, a proto-chicken laid a mutated egg that hatched into the first chicken, and the question is whether that egg should be called a "chicken egg."

[@rcgal4911]

Everyone talking bout the host's muscles while there's me wondering. "if an ancient virus helped mammals stop laying eggs, what kind of superpowers would covid give me?"

[@msteresa653]

Same here 😂 Life wants to live so bad it does every damn thing.

[@Leomoon101]

I wondering when someone was going to ask that?

[@ominous_stranger]

Making airborne immune cells, in my case, not sure about you.

[@DustWolphy]

None. It's not a retrovirus.

[@nathanielmitchell6383]

The amazing power of chronic fatigue syndrome

[@psmayaps]

can you believe our favorite paleontology show host has been getting even more jacked during quarantine

[@TctyaDDKhang]

Idea: Learn to use an egg Amphibians: "I was already doing that" Use a stronger egg. Put water in it. Have the baby, on land, in the egg, water is in the egg, baby in the egg, in the water, in the egg. Works for me. _bye bye ocean_

[@Krsthsus]

Love that reference

[@Tinyvalkyrie410]

Welp time to rewatch that video

[@withboldentreaty]

You're just bringing the pain back... Bill quit...

[@stanleymaximillian8403]

was thinking about this! ahhahaha

[@nathanross7448]

I was looking for this specific comment

[@RandiPoitras]

“Water... in the egg... “ Is anyone else flashing back to The History of Everything I Guess? 🤣

[@Burn_Angel]

Yeah, I guess. I'll see myself out.

[@ισιυυια]

The history of the world, i guess

[@tomassanz2003]

Space dust

[@dandeodelacruz6046]

yes

[@liamjohnston2000]

It's what I always thought. The first genetically pure chicken would have come from an egg laid by an almost-but-not-quite genetically pure chicken.

[@zacharyhandy9606]

That is the answer to What came first the chicken or the chicken egg

[@zacharyhandy9606]

Though in nature there are no defined groups

[@rasmusn.e.m1064]

Or perhaps even laid by a hen?

[@krankarvolund7771]

Yeah, but pure genetical chicen are not really a thing XD

[@ikennao5299]

So who mated with the pure genetic chicken ? Another pure genetic chicken ? Uh ??

[@idacenicienta3697]

I don´t know why but for some reason this is my favorite pbs eons episode. I think it´s the fact that it revealed (to me) such an astounding thing: that mammals descent from egg-laying animals. Thank you for such a great channel!

[@MedicFromTF2_REAL]

I love these videos, they actually remind me of my lectures in one of my biology units in uni so it's almost like revision lol

[@noeldenever]

Dear PBS Eons and Eonites, Thank you, I love you. That's it, that's all I need to say. Stay safe, sane, and healthy.

[@flyingostrich88]

Drinking game: play all the Eons episodes in order, drink every time they show that one stock clip of the DNA gels getting lined up.

[@Lenoeninade]

I’ll drink water thanks

[@michellesveinson4550]

This or those two clips of lava at a volcano that they use anytime they mention an eruption.

[@Itual]

also that picture of an all brown t-rex with feathers and huge yellow bird beak. Shows up literally everytime they’re mentioned

[@ZiRR0]

Lmao i keep seeing it

[@CAMCATTO]

dead in the hour XD

[@golubhimself]

Man I can't watch the TV anymore, it's all about the pandemic, what's on youtube "Turns out that might have all started with a chance encountered with a virus" *screams*

[@nebojsag.5871]

Знам тебра....

[@Richard_Nickerson]

Stop overreacting. It's not the same one obviously. And the pandemic is incredibly important. You even used its important name instead of just calling it the virus or something. Learn to deal with it.

[@JaneDoe-oq3kx]

Should i mentioned how many virus are currently exist in and out of your body right now? 😏

[@youtubesecurity7992]

@@JaneDoe-oq3kx Pls mention it ^^

[@Σκιά-γ2ι]

@@Richard_Nickerson I think, it's a joke.. That was repeated about 12million times on the internet 😑

[@harryschaefer5887]

This tutorial should be recommended viewing for high school biology students. A teacher could pause it at various points to lead class discussions, as this presents so much information.

[@MossyMozart]

@Harry Schaefer - But! But! But! That might imply that evolution was a real thing and the instructor would be fired! Gotta stay safe. Ssshhhh - EVOLUTION; let's just keep it between the two of us.

[@saveahearserideagoth]

Someone tell Blake that science isn't supposed to be sexy. I would but I'm too flustered.

[@JustSomeKittenwithaGun]

Wish I looked like you.

[@pakyu6622]

I'm here for yiu

[@KingsleyIII]

If platypi existed in the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender, they'd fit right in, and probably be called "beaver-ducks".

[@incanusolorin2607]

KingsleyIII There are platypus-bears

[@cintronproductions9430]

I recall that one time they saw a normal animal (I don't exactly remember what it was) and they were extremely confused about it, cuz in a world full of bizarre hybrid animals, a normal animal truly is even more bizarre. XD Edit: So it was a bear. Thanks, ya'll.

[@XmarkedSpot]

In German they're called "beak-animal", go figure.

[@trinathebookworm8977]

@@cintronproductions9430 It was a bear.

[@davidec.4021]

It was a bear they were confused about! Cause they have all kind of bear mixes (a platipus bear too!) but a bear “bear” was unheard of lol it was in the Earth Kingdom, the king’s palace

[@emmettbattle5728]

homie is SWOLE af, we need a video on his evolution into a certified beef cake.

[@deGoomyan5538]

Blake has an instagram

[@philg7528]

😆 😆

[@grayblues.6424]

😭😭😭

[@TheKidOfOnions]

It basically went from "I lay the egg" to "I AM the egg"

[@zanka53]

Sounds like Death Grips

[@brioche8123]

uɐƃǝıᴚ uoʌ ǝpnɐןϽ be the egg...BE THE EGG!!

[@DasGanon]

And then we got a story called "The Egg"

[@adamolupin]

I am the walrus. Coo coo ca choo.

[@aleksanderkrustein4583]

Not yet.

[@sebastianmelmoth9100]

They say a chicken is just an egg’s way of making another egg.

[@surrealfarm]

Blake, it is a joy learning from you. You don't dumb it down, but also you explain clearly and logically. THANK YOU.

[@raijinoflimgrave8708]

Finally, the video on placentas. It's been quite a while!

[@gtm1113]

Eggcelent episode, as always.

[@丫o]

I shell give this comment a like.

[@TrueTwinGamer]

Quarantine diary day 14: I’ve discovered that the egg came first.

[@__prometheus__]

Alejandro Inc are you serious?

[@ThexDynastxQueen]

Quarantine diary day 28: I now think I am evolving to lay eggs due to the Coronavirus. Now if only I could figure out how to lay toilet paper.

[@confidential6073]

chicken come first because egg can't hatch without incubate or heat .

[@gjk-arts5855]

The Dynast Queen Quarantine diary quarantine diary 2301day day: y e s toilet ppapapapapapapapapapapapapapap-er isss on floormado of Flor (I’m not dumb but q u a r a n t I n e)

[@denmichaelmalayo9716]

@@gjk-arts5855 day 3000, people all over the world except my family have became a platypus and is now laying eggs. We and the family are now starting to grow furs and beaks, we are expected to bevome platypus after 10 days.

[@carolesea]

Fascinating!! Nice to actually have some sense of how the egg really did come first!

[@chegeny]

Kudos to Blake De Pastino. Thanks man for all that you contribute to educational vids on KZbin.

[@flyingostrich88]

Blake is looking swole, damn

[@SeanFoxxx]

Someone’s been hitting the gym

[@megabeatmanmania]

Hitting the books too

[@DrAdityaReddy]

@@megabeatmanmania library*

[@carnotv6136]

Pepe The Frog he lifts at the library

[@koolkid2502]

@@carnotv6136 you got it wrong, he lifts the* library not at

[@ErikWithakay]

Mr. Blake, have you been working out? You look buff af!

[@xdoodlelover]

These videos scratch a certain itch I can't explain. I could watch all day--In fact, I have!

[@thierryploum5923]

What an outstanding series of documentaries PBS Eons make, and all the people who present it so finger-tip knowledgeable and able to say those complex names one after the other as though they were only saying: "make mine a ham sandwich", or whatever... though in my mind, I see all of them practicing in front of the bathroom mirror until they're syllable perfect, repeating those names (like saying:"red lorry; yellow lorry"!) until their jaw muscles ache, the sounds no longer make any sense after so many repetitions, and everybody else at home is late for work or school! Ha Ha! Keep making these great documentaries! Your enthusiasm is contagious and it is fascinating!

[@biohazard724]

Kallie just off camera: Say the lines like I wrote them or I go get the cattle prod!

[@sm79165]

more like no more protein for you

[@divinityd662]

Platypus: the innerworkings of my evolution are an enigma *milk spilling*

[@carlyblack42]

A timely reference of how viruses work. And very weird that mammals may exist as a thing because of one.

[@LimeyLassen]

The tree of life is tangled and messy!

[@cube2fox]

@Madalin Grama Very interesting, a case of "analogous evolution", or whatever the right term is. It would be interesting to know how these methods of live birth are different from our placenta method!

[@krankarvolund7771]

@Madalin Grama Hem, not exactly, current species of sharks can reproduce have the three ways of reproduction. The most "primitives" are ovipares and lay eggs they attach to rocks, most of the sharks are ovovivipare, which mean they are born fully formed, but grow in utero in a separate egg, and some sharks are vivipare. But what made mammals, or at least placental mammals so unique is not the viviparity, but the placenta. Sharks don't have placenta, even the vivipares ones, they have a vitelline sack, like of an egg, but connected to the mother and common to all the embryos. And guess what, the DNA from viuses concerns the placenta ^^

[@kathryncarter6143]

Ya, & kinda looks like a Corona virus around 9 minutes.

[@nisargpatel3425]

What if viruses have all the answers of evolution and are also reason for many genetic changes during evolution, viruses are sus af

[@SatyaVenugopal]

I wish I could like this twice, because of the pun at the end. Kallie deserves a raise for making you say this :D

[@SinghRoadwayS]

Thank you so much for this incredible video. 🙏

[@tacocat1766]

So when the ‘water breaks’ that’s just the egg hatching before it’s been laid?

[@Spiderific]

No, that's the mucus plug coming out of the cervix to prepare for the birth.

[@socialdeviant13]

Effectively. The mucus plug is a separate membrane from the amniotic sac. The mucus plug can detach without the "water break," but not the other way around, and the amniotic sac is a closer analogy to an eggshell, since it surrounds the fetus and keeps fluid inside.

[@5daboz]

We have to get her to the hospital, baby is hatching!

[@acedianihil8208]

nah dog it gets pretty bad id lay an egg if it was possible otherwise no this doesnt look like something i wanna do. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHnGlp1tbJZ0nMk

[@berengerchristy6256]

@@acedianihil8208 consider an epidural. I saw a woman push out a baby in 3 pushes/1 contraction in nursing school. literally didn't break a sweat. placenta delivered within 5 minutes

[@Avocadomolotov]

i was literally thinking about this last night.

[@andrewgust-anderson5612]

Life b spooky sometimes

[@radl19]

that "fam" at minute 1 with 43 seconds made me feel so at home. Thank you pbs eons, for finally speaking my language.

[@alison4316]

I've been bingeing these today.....there *is* a definite change in this guy's physique over the last year.......

[@ccostah]

Hi! My student uploaded some months ago subtitles in Brazilian Portuguese for this video, translated by him and I. We would appreciate if they be available, so we can share the video with people who don't understand English. Thank you for your work!

[@damuvang1915]

I guess he didn’t care.

[@LeoStaley]

There used to be an easy way on KZbin to share translation captions, but youtube got rid of it. It's really hard for big channels like this to keep an eye on the comments section. I recommend emailing the PBS digital studios team.

[@juliehovar5488]

I really really REALLY enjoy your channel, the subject matter, the total presentation, and the presenters. Good topic, pertinent message and timely humor. Many thanks!

[@JazzFlop212]

The pecs and the specs. We love it

[@beayn]

I've always answered the question with "The egg came first because the chicken's ancestor laid eggs." It's good to have some extra details about how it all happened!

[@72vince27]

Corona quarantine but my guy is definitely hitting the gym still 😂

[@TanteDani1]

Looking good, man! Much healthier than in older videos, good for you...and yes, as always I do also like the content and the channel. 😘

[@trollgoblin1148]

That was eggcellent!!! you really cracked that wide open for thought it was a very eggcestential and informative video I appreciate the eggstra effort you n cali put into this subject💬👨‍💻🐓🥚🐔🥚

[@kaitlyn__L]

Wow! That was super interesting. I was always told in school that egg cells in mammals aren't like eggs from birds, just kind of similar in some ways.. but they are the same! But they just develop differently after fertilisation. It's really cool how interconnected everything is. So many things about us originated by chance, like all mammals having an inner ear bone must've originally been one creature that randomly had them, right? I know a lot about physics, and a little about chemistry, but far less about evolutionary biology.

[@hiimjustin8826]

I love that human whale and bat "hands" are all the same exact layout of bones just with different lengths

[@ettinakitten5047]

Well, we label different things "eggs". The usage in birds would be more like calling a pregnant uterus an egg.

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

1:53 🎶 "I don't think you're ready for this Jelly". -flirtatious frog

[@brianmessemer2973]

Solid reference 👏👏👏

[@casey2dill360]

I really appreciate how you’re reaching out to t the younger ones with the new approach, thank you & as always great video

[@karelmartel1437]

I just love this channel

[@niccolasalbiz7368]

You guys are splendidly clear and pedagogical. Truly a joy to listen to and learn from. I hope you get to hear that more often than not. Thank you for great content! P.S. Now during isolation timez, I start my mornings laying on my side and watching dinosaur videos before I find myself ready to tackle the day of work. Just like my 7yr old self would have like to do....he'd be proud!

[@brathersadda9436]

Me sees title: Wait thats illegal. Me at home: Actually...

[@masonp1314]

2:15 empty niche. DEVELOPS LEGS

[@sombrashibe]

This niche empty FEET

[@301_tyron5]

It’s fReE rEaL eStAtE

[@prfm_setya95]

(again) an empty niche: *Develops wings, wait I mean wings like front legs*

[@skvalparn]

Man imagin beeing the First mama getting pregnant. Mamal:” we’ll Time again for eggs” Virus: *plopp* *plopp* *strange sounds from eggs* Mamal: ”Wtf is this”

[@Sea_Leech]

"2:14 if I stayed in the primordial soup, they wouldn't ask be askin questions like this..."

[@meritginebra5031]

Thank you for this video! I absolutely loved it!

[@ezpzwins7613]

When i saw the title : I don't need sleep I need answers

[@Avocadomolotov]

you know the best part? I can hear her making you say this.

[@pisse3000]

I even heard it in her voice lol

[@greenpyropickle]

I would love to see an episode explain and describing all the different eras, epochs, periods, and ages.

[@MossyMozart]

@pyro pickle - I agree. I get easily confused with all the different time periods they mention and would appreciate a clear, logical timeline to get me oriented, one that clearly shows where all the sub-eras/ages/epochs/periods fit

[@mellissadalby1402]

Great episode. Of course, the "bill" of the Platypus is really unlike that of a duck because it is not hard, but soft and electro-receptive. That's how they find their favor food "Yabbies" in river or pond water that can be muddy. This is a very interesting episode, and finally (to my satisfaction at least) definitively answers the age old chicken or egg question.

[@MossyMozart]

@Melissa Dalby - An episode on the evolution of the platypus would be fascinating.

[@fermentedcabbage5722]

0:26 if anyone is wondering why the letter s is replaced by f in this sentence, its the old english “long ‘s’”. For example, song is ſong, or substitute is ſubſtitute. Its also used in calculus

[@michaelpdawson]

6:25 - "Juramaia, a toothy, shrew-like mammal..." I thought Juramaia was a bullfrog.

[@BrokensoulRider]

He was a friend of mine.

[@76rjackson]

Lol! Good one!

[@michaelashman]

Ha! Thats funny!🙂

[@eattheweed8299]

Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea

[@aliciawestfall2447]

This was literally my justification and backup the entire time and you gave me solid proof 🤣

[@sewisinc.4545]

YES! I was waiting for the episode on the placenta. And it's even better because you, Blake, teased us about doing it and it's you now how's doing it!!! I'm going to try to squeeze it in my Human Reproduction class if I can. Thank you for doing this video!

[@sewisinc.4545]

Here again to rewatch it. :)

[@rockanderson1823]

Doc Savage. What every man should ascribe to be. Smart and Strong.

[@elliotthartup4095]

I had no idea it was repurposed viral DNA, that's actually so cool. Really makes you wonder about the power that outside forces really had on evolution outside of just adapting to the environment

[@BlankPicketSign]

I have ALWAYS said that the Egg Came First, ever sense I was little and I first heard this nonsensical "riddle". The circular logic of "which came first" bugged me hard, and it felt like "But what laid the egg if it came first" was asking the wrong question... or even Begging the Question. Finally I said "Dinosaurs Laid Eggs, Therefore The Egg Came First!" ... rarely was the riddle bearer ever pleased with my answer.

[@nicjohn60]

Ikr, kids have this thing called "common sense"...

[@incognitospider330]

So the question is, what came first eggs or dinosaurs

[@Cahos_Rahne_Veloza]

Blake is just too damn smexy 😍😘💜💚💛💙💓💕💞

[@ioannisskardasis6887]

Simple answer. The egg came first. Why? Because of evolution

[@jskratnyarlathotep8411]

because changes happen during fertilizing. Non-chicken layed egg with a chicken in it

[@ioannisskardasis6887]

@@jskratnyarlathotep8411 *AHEM* domestication *AHEM*

[@jskratnyarlathotep8411]

@@ioannisskardasis6887 How domestication changes the fact that species changes are happening during fertilizing of the egg?

[@ioannisskardasis6887]

@@jskratnyarlathotep8411 because the chicken is the domesticated version of the red jungle fowl and as humans domesticated the red jungle fowl by breeding it to other jungle fowls for specific traits, the animal slowly evolved from a wild fowl to the chicken we all know. That's what I know based on my research though I could be wrong so if I said anything wrong please feel free to correct me.

[@jskratnyarlathotep8411]

@@ioannisskardasis6887 i've just extended your initial explanation. Any mutations, happening in grown up chicken does not change its species, but changes in the egg do.

[@jenniferpysden526]

Thanks

[@bridiemcclure]

Can I just say, echidnas are super cute in real life. Even though they're not related to hedgehogs, they sorta look similar and they do that adorable waddle. I'm lucky to see an echidna every so often when I go for a walk in the afternoon - wish I could take one home :) Australia has some really weird and wonderful life

[@romella_karmey]

I want this man's eggs

[@frederikvanreusel]

This sounds wrong...

[@romella_karmey]

@@frederikvanreusel 😋😋😋

[@frederikvanreusel]

Khaleesi Romaerys your reaction makes it even worser

[@romella_karmey]

@@frederikvanreusel why do you care?? I love any types of eggs. Are you affected?? Your life at risk? 🤦‍♀😂

[@killervirus57]

@@romella_karmey you thirsty for some man eggs, huh...

[@rickbannan7110]

8:20 is my face when a new Eons episode debuts

[@gray5315]

Rick Bannan cute

[@gapetheapegod7976]

Lizard pog

[@steelersMIZ]

Bro you look jacked💪🏽💪🏽

[@Mysteryef]

I never thought about this, just started watching the videos and I’m really intrigued

[@treebeard7140]

This is awesome thanks PBS! I hope they show these videos in schools

[@candacew.936]

Ya but it’s “too controversial”

[@brandnamevideos8419]

I'm back again to say again... STEVE! STEVE! WHO ARE YOU STEVE?WHERES OUR VIDEO WE WANT TO KNOW!!

[@brandnamevideos8419]

@Michael Enquist lol wow they even have a list nice. Still want them to make a video just to be safe 😂.

[@themarquess]

I knew it! We were promised an episode about placentas sooo long ago. I love how the last several videos were building up to this one, adding pieces of the puzzle.

[@abbylanenavarro8412]

He’s such a daddy

[@maidros85]

YES, that's what I've always been saying. But, man, is he getting bigger and bigger. 😊

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

Maidros Fëanoron Y'all thirsty

[@Gamefreak8112]

chicken or egg, not chicken or chicken egg, knew this since I was 8. The first chicken came from an egg with a mutation. Delicious.

[@owenaric]

What a wonderfully eggscelent shellebration of How the Egg Came First. I'm feeling eggstatic! 😄

[@rbutterfly87]

Whew, I just love him, I meant these videos 😁

[@drsingingeagle]

Hehehe! He's actually *blushing* at the end of this video.

[@fuccboi2562]

That's why his muscles are so big. It's full of knowledge.

[@Gkellio217]

Love how the turns have tabled

[@moonhunter6743]

Eyyyyyy, Nova Scotia mentioned! I love that our little province contributes to a significant piece in the amniote timeline ❤️