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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:

1. Book: “The Secret Lives of Carnivorous Marsupials” by Andrew Baker and Chris Dickman.
2. Kraaijeveld, K. et al. (2006) Does female mortality drive male semelparity in dasyurid marsupials? Proc Biol Sci. 2003 Nov 7; 270(Suppl 2): S251–S253. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0082
3. Holleley CE et al. (2006). Size breeds success: multiple paternity, multivariate selection and male semelparity in a small marsupial, Antechinus stuartii. Mol Ecol. 2006 Oct;15(11):3439-48. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03001.x. PMID: 16968281.
4. 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. GigaByte. 2020; 2020: gigabyte7. Published online 2020 Nov 5. doi: 10.46471/gigabyte.7
5. 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

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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:

1. 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. South African Journal of Botany.
2. Greenhood orchid. YouTube. Shows trap mechanism.

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Rachel's Sources:

1. Arikawa, K. 2001. Hindsight of Butterflies: The Papilio butterfly has light sensitivity in the genitalia, which appears to be crucial for reproductive behavior. BioScience.
2. Arikawa, K. 2009. Genital Photoreceptors Have Crucial Role in Oviposition in Japanese Yellow Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio xuthus. Zoological Science.

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