Prey Size Affects Dynamics Between Cougars And Wolves In Yellowstone
How do two apex predators, cougars and wolves, compete and coexist?
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#ApexPredator #Cougars #Wolves #Kleptoparasitism #YellowstoneNP #ecology #conservation🌎 www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
If at first you don't succeed ..
In the rain yesterday at Harper's Island, a Hooded Crow eventually drives a Sparrowhawk away from the small wader that the Sparrowhawk had just caught.
@IslandWetlands @BirdWatchIE #phonescoped #kleptoparasitism @birds
Great skua haracing a northern gannet
Have you ever observed this behavior 🤔🐦?
Kleptoparasitism is quite common among seabirds 🌊🐧. It involves harassing 🚨 another bird to make it drop or regurgitate 🤮 its food 🍴🐟… so the thief can snatch it 🏴☠️.
#sciart #bird #ArcticSkua #Kleptoparasitism #WildlifeArt #SeabirdArt #NaturePoster
Forest phantom caught mid-hunt: The Spotted #Antbird doesn’t eat ants—it stalks the chaos ants cause, waiting for them to flush out insects. Perfect example of #kleptoparasitism.
Saw this one in Cerro Azul, #Panama.
#birds #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #birding #birdphotography
I cannot wait to introduce #Kleptoparasitism to my middle school students tomorrow!
#Kleptoparasitism is definitely the word of the night! #2025MMM
NOT THE #KLEPTOPARASITISM!! #2025MMM
In some regions, at times, puma-killed ungulates can support most of bear nutritional needs- bears eavesdrop on cougars, moving toward their calls and steal their kills! #KLEPTOPARASITISM (Rabe et al. 2025; Murphy et al. 1998; Engebretsen et al. 2021; Suraci et al. 2017) #2025MMM
How #Staphylococcus aureus 'steals' #iron from our #blood during infections.
#kleptophagy #kleptoparasitism #heme
phys.org/news/2025-02...
#Orchid's #nutrient theft from f#ungi sheds light on #photosynthesis-#parasitism continuum.
#kleptophagy #kleptoparasitism #mycoheterotrophy #mycorrhizae
phys.org/news/2025-02...
New research article! 📰
Kwapich @pogonokwap.bsky.social et al. revealed that H. dorsalis larvae parasitize P. badius colonies by intercepting insect prey meant for ant larvae🪲
doi.org/10.1007/s000...
#InsectesSociaux #SocialInsects #Kleptoparasitism #InsectBehavior #Myrmecology #BeetleLarvae #ants
A tiny shiny emerald green wasp waits by a hole on an insect hotel for a wasp to lay an egg. She will then lay hers, which will eat all the food left for the other one.
This beautiful, tiny cuckoo wasp (~8mm) has been loitering around my insect hotel, waiting for a suitable wasp to lay an egg. Once laid, she will then lay hers, which will hatch first and eat all the food left for the other wasp.
#wasps #insects #nature #backyardbiodiversity #kleptoparasitism
