Dan

What I was referring to was your statement saying "Yeah? Try sleeping with your sister or daughter and let us know how the offspring turn out"

I thought your reply was saying that if you mate with your daughter or sister you will not survive as a specie. Maybe you are right about what happens to humans when they interbreed too closely, but that same reasoning doesn't work or apply in the fish world or other species such as bees! (that's why I asked you about the birds and the bees).

Example; a single bee hive may have well over 5000 bees in it. Ever single bee came from the same single queen (worker bees only live about 50 days). Even those she (the queen) may have mated with a few drones, she has mated with her sons. The queen before her, also has mated with her son too. Which in your comparison would be like humans mating with their own sons and daughters.

Is that any clearer, or are we talking about totally different things? Do I have to get into the "sex of a worm" next?

Cowlitzfisherman