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

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Kleptoparasitism

Kleptoparasitism is potentially the oldest known form of a parasite host relationship. In 2020, a study by Zhang et al. described some fossil brachyopods from the Cambrian period. We also know that the relationships have evolved independently in a bunch of different groups. It's believed that they learn to drink blood by first like biting ticks and insects off of other birds.

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