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A cleptoparasite or kleptoparasite (literally, parasite by theft) is an animal that takes prey or other food from another that has caught, collected, or otherwise prepared the food, including stored food (as in the case of cuckoo bees, which lay their eggs on the pollen masses made by other bees). The term is also used to describe the stealing of nest material or other inanimate objects from one animal by another.

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  • Cleptoparasite
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  • A cleptoparasite or kleptoparasite (literally, parasite by theft) is an animal that takes prey or other food from another that has caught, collected, or otherwise prepared the food, including stored food (as in the case of cuckoo bees, which lay their eggs on the pollen masses made by other bees). The term is also used to describe the stealing of nest material or other inanimate objects from one animal by another.
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  • A cleptoparasite or kleptoparasite (literally, parasite by theft) is an animal that takes prey or other food from another that has caught, collected, or otherwise prepared the food, including stored food (as in the case of cuckoo bees, which lay their eggs on the pollen masses made by other bees). The term is also used to describe the stealing of nest material or other inanimate objects from one animal by another. The cleptoparasite operates either by obtaining prey or other objects that it could not obtain itself, or by saving the time and effort required to obtain it. However, the cleptoparasite may run the risk of injury from the victim if the latter is able to defend its prey. Cleptoparasitism may be intraspecific (the parasite is the same species as the victim) or interspecific (the parasite is a different species). In the latter case, the parasites are commonly close relatives of the organisms they parasitize ("Emery's Rule").
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