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Can Animals Commit Crimes?

I went back and looked, and on March 9th, for seemingly no reason, I started tweeting about animal crimes.  The next day, I started researching this video.  

It was genuinely a joy to research.  I think I read the accounts of literally every European animal trial on record.  My big take away from this is that pigs are MONSTERS, and you should never trust them.  Also, one of the main sources I used had entire chapters devoted to fake-vampires and fake-werewolves.  I couldn't include any of that stuff since it would destroy the entire scope of the video, but HOLY COW, IT'S WILD.

Anyways, enjoy!

(Just a heads up, major holidays are bad for views on YouTube, so I'm going to hold this video back from the public until after the American 4th of July holiday.  As a consequence, payment for this video will be processed in July.   I don't know whether anybody cares about this, but now you know.   Just FYI.)

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Can Animals Commit Crimes?

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Brandon

Pigs are not monsters. They are just more equal than the other animals.

Reer123

Great video, loved it.

Chris Persen

Love when you make videos afield from the usual topics you cover, especially these weird, fun stuff.

GoodFish85

Great video! A very interesting topic!

bel0919

very interesting; but, what about outside europe ?

Gethory

please have my babies

Peter Morales

You literally haven’t ever made a bad video. Still waiting on the “tons of content” left over from the Tunnel Bears and Strongboys video 🤷‍♂️😂❤️

Jicko1560

When I first saw the title it sounded very silly, but it was really interesting, as always!

Historia Civilis

I tried to say "Animal Trials IN EUROPE" a bunch of times in the video because I wanted to make it clear that this was a systemic problem unique to Europe. It's not that non-Europeans never-ever-ever put animals on trial, but Europe was the only place where the practice it became institutionalized. Codified in law and religiously sanctioned. I asked myself the same question, "what about outside Europe," but I couldn't find anything that could be pieced together as part of a larger narrative. Just bunch of one-offs. Animal trials were an epidemic in Europe, and not really much of a problem everywhere else. (That being said, many of the sources I used are quite old and Euro-centric. It's possible that I missed something, and that there's some other corner of the world where this strange practice also became institutionalized, but honestly I looked and I didn't find much.)

Drewsko

We want more Caesar!

Sleepy Sorcerer

I love hearing about medieval governments / politics! I know so much more about roman history, but not nearly as much about this period. I'd love to hear more about the holy roman empire or the early renaissance as well.

Markus_4311

Have you ever considered doing more medieval videos, like a crusade series breaking down the big crusades, or something like the 100 years war. The Roman Empire is by far my favorite topic your channel has covered, and I absolutely love all of your content, and I will watch until I die, but I'm just curious if you've ever given thought into the idea. (I'm aware of the multiple videos already done in the era, i.e agincourt, or the siege of Jerusalem. I just feel like these videos do not have much continuity, and don't seem to connect, like the Caesar series.)

SpockHere

Another great video! You’ve also touched on some aspects of ancient Greek life in this video that were fascinating. Could we possibly see more videos on contemporary Greek life, not just the political/military side (which is also pretty cool, admittedly).

Adam Howard

I'm absolutely dying for early-Renaissance politics content! Talk about the Medici and the Borgias please