In order to stay alive, animals have evolved in an interesting variety of ways—including outright theft. Join Michael Aranda and learn about the clever ways animals have learned to steal and get ahead of the competition in this fun new episode of SciShow! Let’s go!
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Dewdrop Spiders
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/205/4411/1149
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3c2f/fd8ca9f5e44df19d89b6fd048dd68af794e9.pdf
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Fork-tailed Drongos
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http://science.sciencemag.org/content/344/6183/513
Cuckoo bees
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Cuckoo Bumble Bees: What We Can Learn From Their Cheating Ways (If They Don’t Go Extinct First)
Mouth-Diving Snails:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/238451301_Sneaky_snails_and_wasted_worms_Kleptoparasitism_by_Trichotropis_cancellata_Mollusca_Gastropoda_on_Serpula_columbiana_Annelida_Polychaeta
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Plant-robbing Flies
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Bartering Macaques
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