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About Filthy Animals
Filthy Animals is a sex, drugs, and ecology podcast for grown-ups. Every month, science educators discuss the unusual adult activities of the natural world that your high school science teacher was too embarrassed to talk about. This podcast features hosts Rachel Roth, Nicole Brown, and Allan Saylor of Kansas-based nonprofit Grassland Groupies.
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- Grassland Groupies
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- science
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- en
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- First episode
- 3 Apr 2024
- Latest episode
- 23 Oct 2025
Latest episodes
18 episodes in the feed.
23 Oct 2025
S2E8 - A Truly Rotten Episode
Content Warning: heavy discussion of death, decomposition, and impolite body functions. I believe it was Imhotep in 1999's The Mummy who said "Death is only the beginning...", and he was right! Not in the sense of returning from the realm of the dead to fight Brendan Fraser, but in the sense that death turns an organism's mortal shell into a entirely new sort of ecosystem. In this grisly-yet-surprisingly-positive episode, Nicole walks us through the science of decomposition, how it's applied to everything from solving crimes to food freshness, and why we couldn't live in a world without decay. Nicole's Sources: LET THINGS ROT (the YouTube video Nicole was talking about): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI_-eUOgqFI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI_-eUOgqFI) Australian Museum. 2025. Stages of decomposition (https://australian.museum/learn/science/stages-of-decomposition/). CW: pictures of decomposing pigs. Matuszewski, S. 2021. Post-Mortem Interval Estimation Based on Insect Evidence: Current Challenges (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8066566/). National Library of Medicine. Nowakowski, K. 2025. These beetles eat rotting flesh—and could unlock the next generation of antibiotics (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/american-burying-beetle-human-health). National Geographic. Australia's Defining Moments: Digital Classroom. Can we solve the poo problem? (https://digital-classroom.nma.gov.au/learning-modules/landforms-and-landscapes-defining-moments/24-can-we-solve-poo-problem-cows-and-dung-beetles) +++ More of Our Work +++ Website (https://www.grasslandgroupies.org/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/GrasslandGroupies) TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@grasslandsrule) Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/grasslandgroupies) Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/grasslandgroupies.bsky.social) +++ Contact Us +++ Text/Call: (316)-512-8933 info@grasslandgroupies.org (https://pinecast.com/dashboard/podcast/the-best-biome/mailto:info@grasslandgroupies.org) +++ Support Us +++ Bonfire Merch Store (https://www.bonfire.com/store/grassland-groupies/) CashApp: $GrasslandGroupies Or... donate directly to our org (https://www.grasslandgroupies.org/give/).
25 Sept 2025
S2E7 - Let's Hang Out and Talk Balls
Content Warning: descriptions of sexual acts and genitalia Allan's Sources: Coming soon! +++ More of Our Work +++ Website (https://www.grasslandgroupies.org/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/GrasslandGroupies) TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@grasslandsrule) Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/grasslandgroupies) Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/grasslandgroupies.bsky.social) +++ Contact Us +++ Text/Call: (316)-512-8933 info@grasslandgroupies.org (https://pinecast.com/dashboard/podcast/the-best-biome/mailto:info@grasslandgroupies.org) +++ Support Us +++ Bonfire Merch Store (https://www.bonfire.com/store/grassland-groupies/) CashApp: $GrasslandGroupies Or... donate directly to our org (https://www.grasslandgroupies.org/give/).
28 Aug 2025
S2E6 - A Game of Cucks
Content Warning: none In this month's Filthy Animals, Rachel tests the strength of monogamous bonds in the animal kingdom by seeing what the data says about their infidelity. As it turns out, even in species where pair bonds are key to the social survival of the animals, reckless passion can play a big role in their breeding systems. Our host graciously brings us examples ranging from the expected (cuckoos, the species that gives us the word "cuckold") to the obscure (carrion beetles, whose relationship drama plays out in carcasses the world over). Rachel's Sources: Wysocki, D., et al (2023). Low level of extra-pair paternity in an urban population of blackbirds. The European Zoological Journal, 90(1), 307–312. https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2023.2193433 (https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2023.2193433) Gao, L.-F., Zhang, H.-Y., Zhang, W., Sun, Y.-H., Liang, M.-J. and Du, B. (2020), Effects of extra-pair paternity and maternity on the provisioning strategies of the Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus. Ibis, 162: 627-636. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12800 (https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12800) Li M-H, Välimäki K, Piha M, Pakkala T, Merilä J (2009) Extrapair Paternity and Maternity in the Three-Toed Woodpecker, Picoides tridactylus: Insights from Microsatellite-Based Parentage Analysis. PLoS ONE 4(11): e7895. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007895 (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007895) Niida, T., Yao, I., Nisimura, T. & Suzuki, S. (2024) Detection of extra-pair maternity in a carrion beetle under natural conditions. Ecological Entomology, 49(5), 734–738. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13334 (https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13334) +++ More of Our Work +++ Website (https://www.grasslandgroupies.org/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/GrasslandGroupies) TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@grasslandsrule) Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/grasslandgroupies) Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/grasslandgroupies.bsky.social) +++ Contact Us +++ Text/Call: (316)-512-8933 info@grasslandgroupies.org (https://pinecast.com/dashboard/podcast/the-best-biome/mailto:info@grasslandgroupies.org) +++ Support Us +++ Bonfire Merch Store (https://www.bonfire.com/store/grassland-groupies/) CashApp: $GrasslandGroupies Or... donate directly to our org (https://www.grasslandgroupies.org/give/).
24 Jul 2025
S2E5 - The Dog That Never Died
Content Warning: Discussion of cancer and related illnesses Cancer is scary. A transmissible, STI-based cancer is even scarier. Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumor (CTVT) is the oldest, most prolific, cancer known in nature. And it's not alone. Nicole illustrates this bizarre disease which is expanding our understanding of cancer itself, and may have given one particular animal the key to immortality. Nicole's Sources: Murchison, E., et al. 2014. Transmissible Dog Cancer Genome Reveals the Origin and History of an Ancient Cell Lineage (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3918581/). Science. Gori, K., et al. 2025. Horizontal transfer of nuclear DNA in transmissible cancer (https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2424634122). PNAS. About Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease (https://nre.tas.gov.au/conservation/threatened-species-and-communities/lists-of-threatened-species/threatened-species-vertebrates/save-the-tasmanian-devil-program/about-dftd). Dept of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania. Bruzos, A. 2022. Heterogeneity of cockle transmissible cancers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8JbGkMnLhA). YouTube. Brain Bleach: Correia-Caeiro, C., Guo, K., Mills, D. 2020. Perception of dynamic facial expressions of emotion between dogs and humans. Animal Cognition. Hank Green. The Truth About the Single-Celled Dog (https://youtu.be/l0akJsqdGJs?si=5CqFOfUHIQQ1VcDX). SciShow. YouTube. +++ More of Our Work +++ Website (https://www.grasslandgroupies.org/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/GrasslandGroupies) TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@grasslandsrule) Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/grasslandgroupies) Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/grasslandgroupies.bsky.social) +++ Contact Us +++ Text/Call: (316)-512-8933 info@grasslandgroupies.org (https://pinecast.com/dashboard/podcast/the-best-biome/mailto:info@grasslandgroupies.org) +++ Support Us +++ Bonfire Merch Store (https://www.bonfire.com/store/grassland-groupies/) CashApp: $GrasslandGroupies Or... donate directly to our org (https://www.grasslandgroupies.org/give/).
26 Jun 2025
S2E4 - The Queerness of Fish
Rachel explores the queer world of fish, highlighting species that challenge traditional concepts of biological sex and reveal the complexities of sex and gender in the animal kingdom.
22 May 2025
S2E3 - Lekking for Love
The hosts of "Filthy Animals" explore the paradoxical mating behavior of lekking, where animals like birds and frogs compete and display to attract mates.
24 Apr 2025
S2E2 - Catnip (Don't make it weird.)
Content Warning: Drug use, including recreational drugs. Moral panics. Sexual references. Spoiler: ((it's not the cats)) Nicole's Sources: Shi, X., et al. Repellency of Novel Catnip Oils Against the Bed Bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) | Journal of Medical Entomology. (https://academic.oup.com/jme/article-abstract/58/2/528/5952594)Oxford Academic. Batume, C., et al. 2024. Evaluating repellence properties of catnip essential oil against the mosquito species Aedes aegypti using a Y-tube olfactometer (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-52715-y). Scientific Reports. Espín-Iturbe, L., et al. 2017. Active and passive responses to catnip (Nepeta cataria) are affected by age, sex and early gonadectomy in male and female cats (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2017.06.008). Behavioural Processes. Johns Hopkins Medicine. 2019. Deet Gives Humans an ‘Invisibilty Cloak’ to Fend Off Mosquito Bites (https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/2019/10/deet-gives-humans-an-invisibilty-cloak-to-fend-off-mosquito-bites). +++ More of Our Work +++ Website (https://www.grasslandgroupies.org/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/GrasslandGroupies) TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@grasslandsrule) Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/grasslandgroupies) Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/grasslandgroupies.bsky.social) +++ Contact Us +++ Text/Call: (316)-512-8933 info@grasslandgroupies.org (https://pinecast.com/dashboard/podcast/the-best-biome/mailto:info@grasslandgroupies.org) +++ Support Us +++ Bonfire Merch Store (https://www.bonfire.com/store/grassland-groupies/) CashApp: $GrasslandGroupies Or... donate directly to our org (https://www.grasslandgroupies.org/give/).
27 Mar 2025
S2E1 - RANKED: Love (The Dangerous and The Dumb)
Content Warning: cannibalism, suicide, coercive/violent sexual behavior, death during pregnancy, partner death, drowning, necrophilia (start the episode at 36:12 to avoid our discussion of all of the above, which are discussed in the context of "most dangerous courtship behaviors". we promise, it gets much sillier after that!) Filthy Animals is back! We open Season 2 with some very important data-driven nonsense to settle some burning questions about the world of animal courtship. TO WIT: Which animals are mating in the most dangerous way possible, AND who is doing it the most obnoxiously? Danger and stupidity abound. Let the great debate begin! Sources: Allan's Sources: Ancel, A., Gilbert, C. & Beaulieu, M. The long engagement of the emperor penguin. Polar Biol 36, 573–577 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-013-1285-9 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-013-1285-9) Biaggio MD, Sandomirsky I, Lubin Y, Harari AR, Andrade MC. Copulation with immature females increases male fitness in cannibalistic widow spiders. Biol Lett. 2016 Sep;12(9):20160516. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0516. PMID: 27651535; PMCID: PMC5046930. Maydianne C. B. Andrade, Risky mate search and male self-sacrifice in redback spiders, Behavioral Ecology, Volume 14, Issue 4, July 2003, Pages 531–538, https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arg015 (https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arg015) Rachel's Sources: Drop Dead! Female mate avoidance in an explosively breeding frog (2023) https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230742 (https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230742) Breeding Mortality in the Wood Frog (2000) https://scholarworks.uark.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1735&context=jaas (https://scholarworks.uark.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1735&context=jaasMothers) Mothers (https://scholarworks.uark.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1735&context=jaasMothers) want brainy babies: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2000/11/female-birds-choose-best-singers-have-smarter-offspring (https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2000/11/female-birds-choose-best-singers-have-smarter-offspringBirds) Birds (https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2000/11/female-birds-choose-best-singers-have-smarter-offspringBirds) of the World - Golden-collared Manakin: https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/gocman1/cur/introduction (https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/gocman1/cur/introduction) Nicole's Sources: Han, C., and Jablonski, P. 2010. Male water striders attract predators to intimidate females into copulation | Nature Communications (https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms1051). CicadaMania.com (https://www.cicadamania.com/) +++ More of Our Work +++ Website (https://www.grasslandgroupies.org/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/GrasslandGroupies) TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@grasslandsrule) Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/grasslandgroupies) Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/grasslandgroupies.bsky.social) +++ Contact Us +++ Text/Call: (316)-512-8933 info@grasslandgroupies.org (https://pinecast.com/dashboard/podcast/the-best-biome/mailto:info@grasslandgroupies.org) +++ Support Us +++ Bonfire Merch Store (https://www.bonfire.com/store/grassland-groupies/) CashApp: $GrasslandGroupies Or... donate directly to our org (https://www.grasslandgroupies.org/give/).
19 Dec 2024
S1E9 - Bees Do It Sweeter
Nicole Brown delves into the unconventional mating rituals of bees, exposing the harsh realities of copulation and the complexities of bee courtship, revealing the darker side of nature.
28 Nov 2024
S1E8 - Boom, Boom, Babies
Rachel explains how mammals have evolved complex adaptations to navigate the dangers of reproductive life, from environmental conditions to social constraints and male competition.
31 Oct 2024
S1E7 - The Pantry of Nightmares: The Eastern Mole's Guide to Prepping Like a Psychopath
Content Warning: Body horror, existential dread, "nature is metal" prey-predator interactions. This Halloween episode is about predators who stash their prey for later... alive. Nicole's Sources: Eleonora's Falcons imprison live birds for a later meal (https://magornitho.org/2015/08/falco-eleonorae-keeping-prey-alive/). 2015. MaghrebOrnitho. BirdLife Cyprus. 2022. Eleonora's Falcon - Life in the Balance (https://youtu.be/r9esYv43oPc?si=uX4X5um8o_7gdJBV). YouTube. Gayahan, G., Tschinkel, W. 2008. Fire Ants, Solenopsis invicta, Dry and Store Insect Pieces for Later Use (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3127378/). Journal of Insect Science. BBC Earth. David Attenborough Eats a Honeypot Ant (https://youtu.be/5rwDdWBIXIg?si=0TnXHaMMSxNpvh0A). YouTube. +++ More of Our Work +++ Website (https://www.grasslandgroupies.org/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/GrasslandGroupies) TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@grasslandsrule) Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/grasslandgroupies) +++ Contact Us +++ Text/Call: (316)-512-8933 info@grasslandgroupies.org (https://pinecast.com/dashboard/podcast/the-best-biome/mailto:info@grasslandgroupies.org) +++ Support Us +++ Bonfire Merch Store (https://www.bonfire.com/store/grassland-groupies/) CashApp: $GrasslandGroupies Or... donate directly to our org (https://www.grasslandgroupies.org/give/).
3 Oct 2024
S1E6 - Let's Talk About (Not) Sex
Content Warning: References to sex and nonviable pregnancies. Spending every moment of waking life trying to get laid has its downsides, and for some organisms, the business of reproduction is just too much of a hassle. So why bother with mating at all? If you want something done right, sometimes you just have to do it yourself. In this episode, Nicole runs down the fascinating asexual strategies of plants and animals, from self-printing bananas to all-female lizards to condor virgin birth. Nicole's Sources: Sexual Reproduction and the Evolution of Sex (https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/sexual-reproduction-and-the-evolution-of-sex-824/). Scitable. Asexual Reproduction In Plants- Types and Methods (https://byjus.com/biology/asexual-reproduction-plants/). Byju’s. Engelstädter J. 2008. Constraints on the evolution of asexual reproduction. (https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.20833) Bioessays 30(11-12). Osborne, M. 2022. Mice Birthed From Unfertilized Eggs for the First Time (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mice-birthed-from-unfertilized-eggs-180979720/). Smithsonian Magazine. +++ More of Our Work +++ Website (https://www.grasslandgroupies.org/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/GrasslandGroupies) TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@grasslandsrule) Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/grasslandgroupies) +++ Contact Us +++ Text/Call: (316)-512-8933 info@grasslandgroupies.org (https://pinecast.com/dashboard/podcast/the-best-biome/mailto:info@grasslandgroupies.org) +++ Support Us +++ Bonfire Merch Store (https://www.bonfire.com/store/grassland-groupies/) CashApp: $GrasslandGroupies Or... donate directly to our org (https://www.grasslandgroupies.org/give/).
22 Aug 2024
Koala Chlamydia
Content Warning: graphic descriptions of STIs, death, some sprinkling of thinking too much about how much of a horror bodies are. Koala's are well known for being disease ridden (at least in our circles) so lets talk about it. Chlamydia is highly contagious and deadly in koalas as well as birds, cows, and many other animals. This is a trip down sex education memory lane and details the horrible death that is untreated STIs. Rachel's Primary Sources: Wang, H., Jensen, J.-K., Olsson, A., Vorimore, F., Aaziz, R., Guy, L., Ellström, P., Laroucau, K., & Herrmann, B. (2020). Chlamydia psittaci in Fulmars on the Faroe Islands: A causative link to South American psittacines eight decades after a severe epidemic (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micinf.2020.02.007). Microbes and Infection, 22(8), 356–359. Phillips, S., Quigley, B. L., Aziz, A., Bergen, W., Booth, R., Pyne, M., & Timms, P. (2019). Antibiotic treatment of chlamydia-induced cystitis in the koala is linked to expression of key inflammatory genes in reactive oxygen pathways (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221109). PLOS ONE, 14(8). Van Wettere, A. J. (2020, February). Avian chlamydiosis - avian chlamydiosis (https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poultry/avian-chlamydiosis/avian-chlamydiosis). Merck Veterinary Manual. Chen, C.-J., Casteriano, A., Green, A. C., & Govendir, M. (2023). A retrospective study on antibacterial treatments for koalas infected with chlamydia pecorum (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39832-w). Scientific Reports, 13(1). Willson, G., & Cimon, K. Y. (2024, June 3). Bursa - cyst (https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/atlas/nnl/reproductive-system-female/ovary/Bursa-Cyst). National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Secondary Sources: Li, Z., Liu, P., Hou, J., Xu, G., Zhang, J., Lei, Y., Lou, Z., Liang, L., Wen, Y., & Zhou, J. (2020). Detection of Chlamydia psittaci and Chlamydia ibidis in the endangered crested ibis (nipponia nippon) (https://doi.org/10.1017/s0950268819002231). Epidemiology and Infection, 148. Marti, I., Pisano, S. R. R., & Wehrle, M. (2019). Severe conjunctivitis associated with chlamydia felis infection in a free-ranging Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) (https://doi.org/10.7589/2018-05-142). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 55(2), 522. Laroucau, K., Aaziz, R., Lécu, A., Laidebeure, S., et al. (2020). A cluster of Chlamydia Serpentis cases in captive snakes (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2019.108499). Veterinary Microbiology, 240, 108499. Laroucau, K., Ortega, N., Vorimore, F., et al. (2020). Detection of a novel chlamydia species in captive spur-thighed tortoises (Testudo Graeca) in southeastern Spain and proposal of Candidatus Chlamydia Testudinis (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2020.126071). Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 43(2), 126071. Laroucau, K., Vorimore, F., Aaziz, R., Solmonson, L., et al. (2019). Chlamydia buteonis, a new chlamydia species isolated from a red-shouldered hawk (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2019.06.002). Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 42(5), 125997. Santoro M, Iaccarino D, Di Nocera F, Degli Uberti B et al. (2019). Molecular detection of Chlamydia abortus in a stranded Mediterranean striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba (https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03320). Dis Aquat Org 132:203-208. +++ Contact Us +++ Text/Call: 316-512-8933 TikTok: @grasslandsrule (https://www.tiktok.com/@grasslandsrule) X: @GrasslandsRule (https://twitter.com/GrasslandsRule) Facebook: Grassland Groupies (https://www.facebook.com/GrasslandGroupies) +++ Support Us +++ Bonfire Merch Store (https://www.bonfire.com/store/grassland-groupies/) CashApp: $GrasslandGroupies Other ways to support us found on our website (https://grasslandgroupies.org/give) Thanks for the support! Grassland Groupies is a registered nonprofit and we couldn't do this without you.
25 Jul 2024
S1E4 - Antechinus Sex Machines
Content Warning: graphic descriptions of sex, violent acts Turns out lots of animals just wait around till maturity and then turn into horny little guys. The genus Antechinus is no exception as males will mate over and over until exhaustion. Allan's Sources: Book: “The Secret Lives of Carnivorous Marsupials (https://books.google.com/books/about/Secret_Lives_of_Carnivorous_Marsupials.html?id=0k1mDwAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description)” by Andrew Baker and Chris Dickman. Kraaijeveld, K. et al. (2006) Does female mortality drive male semelparity in dasyurid marsupials? (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1809960/) Proc Biol Sci. 2003 Nov 7; 270(Suppl 2): S251–S253. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0082 Holleley CE et al. (2006). Size breeds success: multiple paternity, multivariate selection and male semelparity in a small marsupial, Antechinus stuartii. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16968281/) Mol Ecol. 2006 Oct;15(11):3439-48. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03001.x. PMID: 16968281. Brandies, P.A. et al. (2020). The first Antechinus reference genome provides a resource for pinvestigating the genetic basis of semelparity and age-related neuropathologies. (https://gigabytejournal.com/articles/7) GigaByte. 2020; 2020: gigabyte7. Published online 2020 Nov 5. doi: 10.46471/gigabyte.7 Zangrandi, P.L., Vieira, E.M. (2023). Semelparous Reproductive Strategy in New World Marsupials. In: Cáceres, N.C., Dickman, C.R. (eds) American and Australasian Marsupials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08419-5_19 (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08419-5_19) +++ Contact Us +++ Text/Call: 316-512-8933 TikTok: @grasslandsrule (https://www.tiktok.com/@grasslandsrule) X: @GrasslandsRule (https://twitter.com/GrasslandsRule) Facebook: Grassland Groupies (https://www.facebook.com/GrasslandGroupies) +++ Support Us +++ Bonfire Merch Store (https://www.bonfire.com/store/grassland-groupies/) CashApp: $GrasslandGroupies Other ways to support us found on our website (https://grasslandgroupies.org/give) Thanks for the support! Grassland Groupies is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and we couldn't do this without you.
27 Jun 2024
S1E3 - Horny Wonders (Plants)
Content Warning: This episode is WEIRDLY explicit for an episode about plants. Contains explicit discussions about sex, sexual acts, and genitalia. Nicole's Notable Sources: Heiduk, A., Brake, I., Tolasch, T., Frank, J., Jurgens, A., Meve, U., Dotterl, S. 2010. Scent chemistry and pollinator attraction in the deceptive trap flowers of Ceropegia dolichophylla (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2010.07.022). South African Journal of Botany. Greenhood orchid (https://youtu.be/duRmxCHaaSo?si=Gc2bSdoyqIg0oE0L). YouTube. Shows trap mechanism. +++ Contact Us +++ Text/Call: 316-512-8933 TikTok: @grasslandsrule (https://www.tiktok.com/@grasslandsrule) X: @GrasslandsRule (https://twitter.com/GrasslandsRule) Facebook: Grassland Groupies (https://www.facebook.com/GrasslandGroupies)
23 May 2024
S1E2 - Eyeballs Deep (Butterflies)
Content Warning: descriptions of sexual acts and genitalia, mild body horror Rachel's Sources: Arikawa, K. 2001. Hindsight of Butterflies: The Papilio butterfly has light sensitivity in the genitalia, which appears to be crucial for reproductive behavior (https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/51/3/219/256195). BioScience. Arikawa, K. 2009. Genital Photoreceptors Have Crucial Role in Oviposition in Japanese Yellow Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio xuthus (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232662046_Genital_Photoreceptors_Have_Crucial_Role_in_Oviposition_in_Japanese_Yellow_Swallowtail_Butterfly_Papilio_xuthus). Zoological Science. +++ Contact Us +++ Text/Call: 316-512-8933 TikTok: @grasslandsrule (https://www.tiktok.com/@grasslandsrule) X: @GrasslandsRule (https://twitter.com/GrasslandsRule) Facebook: Grassland Groupies (https://www.facebook.com/GrasslandGroupies) Support Us: grasslandgroupies.org/give (https://grasslandgroupies.org/give) Bonfire Merch Store (https://www.bonfire.com/store/grassland-groupies/)
25 Apr 2024
S1E1 - Sex as Social Grease (Bonobos)
Content Warning: descriptions of sexual acts and genitalia Allan's Sources: De Waal, Franz. Bonobos: The Forgotten Ape. 1st ed., published 1997. De Waal, Franz. “Bonobo Sex and Society”, Scientific American. June 1, 2006. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bonobo-sex-and-society-2006-06/ (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bonobo-sex-and-society-2006-06/) Annicchiarico, G., Bertini, M., Cordoni, G., & Palagi, E. (2020). Look at me while having sex! Eye-to-eye contact affects homosexual behaviour in bonobo females. Behaviour, 157(10-11), 949-970. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10034 (https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10034) Gruber T, Clay Z. A Comparison Between Bonobos and Chimpanzees: A Review and Update. Evol Anthropol. 2016 Sep;25(5):239-252. doi: 10.1002/evan.21501 (https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.21501). PMID: 27753219. +++ Contact Us +++ Text/Call: 316-512-8933 TikTok: @grasslandsrule (https://www.tiktok.com/@grasslandsrule) X: @GrasslandsRule (https://twitter.com/GrasslandsRule) Facebook: Grassland Groupies (https://www.facebook.com/GrasslandGroupies)
3 Apr 2024
Filthy Animals Premiers April 25
Filthy Animals is an ecology podcast for adults. Episodes may contain strong language and graphic descriptions of natural phenomena. A more detailed list of content warnings is included in each episode description. Science educators will talk about the unusual adult activities of the natural world that we believe you need to know about. Every month, we’ll expose you to the latest research on all the filthy topics your high school science teacher was too embarrassed to talk about. This podcast is produced by Grassland Groupies (https://www.grasslandgroupies.org/), and the music for this trailer is from Haydn London Trios, Hob. IV:1-3, accessed through MusOpen (https://musopen.org/). See you on April 25!
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- 7,304
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 1 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 2 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 37 / 100
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- 24
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 68
- Engagement
- 60
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