About this episode

The episode discusses the phenomenon of dogs eating poop and explores its evolutionary implications.

We Hit 100K Downloads 🎉 Thank you, listeners and all the folks who write in with the great questions that keep us curious! We could not produce such a great podcast without your insightful and interesting questions. Here’s to the next 100K downloads! To celebrate, I’m re-releasing our runaway top episode - “Dogs Eating Poop: One Species Evolutionary Meat is another Species Evolutionary Poison”. Somehow, that hit a major cord with everyone. Not sure if that says more about dogs or us, but it’s for sure a hot topic🐶 🍽️ 💩😅 ***** So, your dog eats poop. Is it deviant? Or an elegant evolutionary solution? In this podcast, Jane and Mark look at the research and talk about the possible functions of poop-eating, what works and does not work to stop it, and why. We won’t say you’ll come away happy that your dog eats poop, but for sure you’ll see it in a different light.Visit our website, madcapradio.com for further reading and studies referenced in this episode.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jane, Mark

Topics covered

• dogs
• evolution
• animal behavior
• pet care
• feces consumption

Keywords

• dogs
• eating poop
• evolutionary behavior
• animal research
• pet health

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