Jurassic Park Taught Us How In-Vitro Fertilization & Cloning Actually Work

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00:00Speaking of monsters, I think we can all agree that one movie probably taught the bulk of

00:05us how in-vitro fertilization and cloning actually work.

00:09Jurassic Park.

00:11Thank you, Mr. DNA!

00:13It's kinda weird that you aren't a doctor, but we love you anyway.

00:16And historically, cloning hasn't been much more complicated than Spielberg made it out

00:20to be.

00:21For example, in 1928, Hans Spemann forced a salamander egg to produce clones just by

00:27tying a baby's hair around the egg as the cells split to push some of the nuclei into

00:33a separate little area.

00:34Naturally, he had to perform the act many, many times to verify the results, and we thank

00:38all the bald babies who sacrifice so much in the name of science.

00:42Of course, that kind of cloning is a lot easier to pull off with animals that are already

00:46parthenogenetic, which means they produce an egg that doesn't need to be fertilized

00:51to produce offspring.

00:53Parthenogenetic animals include aphids, tapeworms, jellyfish, marmor crabs, boa constrictors,

00:59lizards, wasps, and sponges, including the ones with square pants.

01:03And I know what you're thinking.

01:04What the f*** is a marmor crab?

01:07Look man, I just copy and paste Wikipedia and add jokes, okay?

01:10It's probably an eel or something, I don't know.