Today our guest Ashlen Campbell asks us: how do you stop a seagull from stealing your chips?  And what can that teach us about the wild world of kleptoparasitism?

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

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63: Biomimicry & The Evolution of Chess

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62: False Memories & House Plants

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

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