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Animal sex week: a vlogbrothers week of videos on animal mating (2010)

project history · status: last documented in 2011 (looked back on in 2010) · last event: milestone (2010-12-01) · last mentioned: 2010-12-03

A week of vlogbrothers videos about animal mating at the turn of November and December 2010, begun by John with giant tortoises; Hank answered with a song about animal sex, and John ended the week concluding that sex is not the most important thing animals do.

Part of: Vlogbrothers in 2010: the channel's end-of-year reinvention (2009)

Parts: John and Hank challenge Nerdfighteria to work out whether Moon pasta is more energy-efficient than Earth beef (2010)

date event what video
2010-11-29 launched John opens the week on animal mating with tortoises and previews Hank's song on Wednesday and giant squids of love on Friday. Giant Tortoise Coitus 00:00:01
2010-12-01 milestone Hank delivers his part of the animal sex week John started: a song about animal mating. (playful) Makin' Babies: A Song 00:00:00
2010-12-03 looked back John draws the week's conclusion: the many examples of inefficient mating discussed all week suggest sex is not the most important thing animals do. (playful) Giant Squids OF LOVE 00:02:26

What is said about it

2 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).

  • 2010-11-29 · Giant Tortoise Coitus — announcement: John says he can't wait for Hank's song on Wednesday and that on Friday they will learn about giant squids - not of anger, but of love. — 00:02:50
  • 2010-12-03 · Giant Squids OF LOVE — John says the week's many examples of incredibly inefficient mating suggest sex is not actually the most important thing animals, including humans, do. (hedged) — 00:02:26