Why Are There As Many Males As Females?
Evolution doesn't pick a side! Don't miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ▻▻ http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ In almost every animal species on...
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Evolution is all about reproduction, right? It’s like...the whole point. So try to explain this: Male elephant seals are pretty unlucky in love. Most never get a chance to reproduce. Just four percent of males can account for eighty-eight percent of mating. The other 96% of male elephant seals just use up resources and don’t contribute anything to the next generation. Yet even though it would be a lot more efficient to have just a few males, and a bunch of females, roughly equal numbers of each sex are born every season. We see this in almost every animal species on Earth. Why do most animals, from eagles to armadillos to blue whales to us, make equal numbers of males and females? INTRO The equal ratio of sexes is so common in nature, most people never wonde...
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Evolution is all about reproduction, right? It’s like...the whole point. So try to explain this: Male elephant seals are pretty unlucky in love. Most never get a chance to reproduce. Just four percent of males can account for eighty-eight percent of mating. The other 96% of male elephant seals just use up resources and don’t contribute anything to the next generation. Yet even though it would be a lot more efficient to have just a few males, and a bunch of females, roughly equal numbers of each sex are born every season. We see this in almost every animal species on Earth. Why do most animals, from eagles to armadillos to blue whales to us, make equal numbers of males and females? INTRO The equal ratio of sexes is so common in nature, most people never wonde...
