27: Zoologist Ash Campbell, Kleptoparasitism, and Australia's Best Animal

Today our guest Ashlen Campbell asks us: how do you stop a seagull from stealing your chips? And what can that teach us about the wild world of kleptoparasitism?

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Ash's Kleptoparasitism List

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We also learn about: Majored in zoology minored in chips, temperature effects on fish, dam spreadsheets, mosquitos don’t like skrillex, bee gom jabbar test, the beach scene, Miriam Rothschild & Theresa Clay coined Kleptoparasitism, bullying birds to throw up, not having a chip and getting hit by Ash’s ford fiesta, peacrabs have to steal to survive, messy definitions are interesting, stealing from siblings isn’t kleptoparasitism, neon cuckoo bees steal candies from babies, snails grabbing food from your throat, fossils caught stealing, mother feed me, taking care of other fishes babies, “he’s such a good father”, sneak spawning, The Real House Nest Husbands of Chesapeake Bay, swat raiding bees, kleptothermy, the answer is a seagull economy, kleptoplasty is eating batteries, floral larsony, hyenas change their sleep schedules to avoid thieving lions, green goblin otter hostage situations, eat worse chips, weighing the complexities of stealing, studying chip stealing, only you can stare at seagulls, the adorable and horny antechinus, “nothing here is okay”, nitpicking jurassic park, am I misrepresnting data? at least I have rainbow fish in animal crossing. being wrong on the internet, erudoot.

Sources: Fleas, flukes, & cuckoos; a study of bird parasites Iyengar’s Kleptoparasitism Review Kleptobiosis Pea crab (Pinnotherida) Neon cuckoo bee (Thyreus nitidulus) Wentletrap (Epitonium clathratulum) Brachiopod fossils Barn Owl Nest Switching Three Spined Stickleback Lestrimelitta Niitkib (toxin producing bee) Fork-tailed drongo Garter snake (2001) Garter snake (2012) Kleptopredation Photosynthetic Sea Slug Toxomerus Larva Stealing from Sundew Floral Larceny Plant Stealing Pollinators from Other Plants Lions and Hyenas, Change in Activity Patterns Cougar/ Black Bear Compensation Gulls and plovers Gull gaze