Visit https://brilliant.org/scishow/ to get started learning STEM for free. The first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription and a 30-day free trial.

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!

Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them)

The Virgin Births Of The Animal Kingdom
----------
Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon:   / scishow  
----------
Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Alex Hackman, Ash, Benjamin Carleski, Bryan Cloer, charles george, Chris Mackey, Chris Peters, Christoph Schwanke, Christopher R Boucher, DrakoEsper, Eric Jensen, Friso, Garrett Galloway, Harrison Mills, J. Copen, Jaap Westera, Jason A Saslow, Jeffrey Mckishen, Jeremy Mattern, Kenny Wilson, Kevin Bealer, Kevin Knupp, Lyndsay Brown, Matt Curls, Michelle Dove, Piya Shedden, Rizwan Kassim, Sam Lutfi
----------
Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?
SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/
TikTok:   / scishow  
Twitter:   / scishow  
Instagram:   / thescishow  
Facebook:   / scishow  

----------
Sources:
Dr. Florian Meier, interview
https://www.sciencealert.com/physics-...
https://phys.org/news/2023-11-limits-...
https://www.newscientist.com/article/...
https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
https://journals.aps.org/prx/abstract...
https://journals.aps.org/prx/abstract...
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-ne...
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-thermod...
https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
https://spectrum.ieee.org/quantum-com...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/...
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/phy...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s...
https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5bx8...

Image Sources:
https://tinyurl.com/3dwbzrfv
https://tinyurl.com/2utv5aw9
https://tinyurl.com/2y52r6ut
https://science.nasa.gov/image-detail...
https://tinyurl.com/2uxrp6w7
https://tinyurl.com/2zz239yp
https://tinyurl.com/59tykfz7
https://tinyurl.com/mwcyhsd5
https://tinyurl.com/2fxzkhu5
https://tinyurl.com/244jhyck
https://tinyurl.com/4mtjbt3y
https://tinyurl.com/2rksucan
https://tinyurl.com/bdcpfkkt
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
https://tinyurl.com/ms54fshj
https://tinyurl.com/3j9fn8d6
https://tinyurl.com/57h8c2mt
https://tinyurl.com/yyew83rx
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/vi...
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/vi...
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/vi...
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/vi...
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/vi...
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/vi...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4146...
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/ph...
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/il...
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/vi...
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/vi...
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/vi...
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/vi...
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/vi...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ibm_res...
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/vi...