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- adjective Pertaining to
kleptoparasitism .
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Examples
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And so, in fact, if you know you have these kleptoparasitic bees, you know that your environment is healthy, because they're top-of-the-food-chain bees.
Dennis vanEngelsdorp: a plea for bees Dennis vanEngelsdorp 2008
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And so, in fact, if you know you have these kleptoparasitic bees, you know that your environment is healthy, because they're top-of-the-food-chain bees.
Dennis vanEngelsdorp: a plea for bees Dennis vanEngelsdorp 2008
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And so, in fact, if you know you have these kleptoparasitic bees, you know that your environment is healthy, because they're top-of-the-food-chain bees.
Dennis vanEngelsdorp: a plea for bees Dennis vanEngelsdorp 2008
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A new article released today in the journal of African Inverterates by Alex Wild and Irina Brake details the unusual behavior of a group of kleptoparasitic flies in South Africa.
Neatorama 2009
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A new article released today in the journal of African Inverterates by Alex Wild and Irina Brake details the unusual behavior of a group of kleptoparasitic flies in South Africa.
Neatorama 2009
chained_bear commented on the word kleptoparasitic
"But instead of killing the tropic birds, the hawks had what scientists call a kleptoparasitic relationship with them, pecking their backs and beating them with their wings until the tropic birds disgorged the fish that had been intended for their young...."
--Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, 143
May 1, 2008
reesetee commented on the word kleptoparasitic
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May 1, 2008