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- hyenas and lions. Other species opportunistically indulge in kleptoparasitism. Kleptoparasitism is a feeding strategy where one animal deliberately steals...
- (January 2013). "The ecological economics of kleptoparasitism: pay-offs from self-foraging versus kleptoparasitism". Animal Behaviour. 82 (1): 245–255. doi:10...
- strategies are hyperparasitism, social parasitism, brood parasitism, kleptoparasitism, ****ual parasitism, and adelphoparasitism. Hyperparasites feed on another...
- frigatebirds, gulls, and skuas, engage in kleptoparasitism, stealing food items from other birds. Kleptoparasitism is thought to be a supplement to food obtained...
- Canada, Alaska, and Siberia and winters across the southern hemisphere. Kleptoparasitism is a major source of food for this species during migration and winter...
- They obtain much of their food as carrion or via a practice known as kleptoparasitism, by which they steal prey away from other predators. Due to their dietary...
- opportunistic of all Aquilinae, and often scavenges on carrion or engages in kleptoparasitism towards other carnivorous animals but is also a bold and active predator...
- successfully with humans and thrive in human habitats. Others rely on kleptoparasitism to get their food. Gulls have been observed preying on live whales...
- been interpreted as arising due to pressure from this aerial piracy. Kleptoparasitism is not thought to play a significant part of the diet of any species...
- Halictidae is the second-largest family of bees (clade Anthophila) with nearly 4,500 species. They are commonly called sweat bees (especially the smaller...