Flies that steal pre-wrapped gifts, ants that steal babies and make them into slaves, and octopus that could totally squeeze through that keyhole in a bank heist- these are the best animal burglars!

Our guest host this episode is biologist and science communicator Dillon Jones, also known as Dillon the Biologist! Follow his Instagram for fun videos and commentary  @dillonthebiologist

Content Warning- Some language and descriptions of animal violence

Our Animal Candidates:
Scorpion Fly
Octopus
Forktailed Drongo
Slave-making ant
Bolitoglossa Salamander
Skua

Let’s learn more!
Scorpionfly Natural History | BUG UNDER GLASS
Scorpionflies and Hangingflies:  Gift, Males, Steal, and Species - JRank Articles
For lack of good footage of an Octopus completing a bank heist, here is a video of an Octopus walking on land.
The Incredible octopus that can walk on dry land | The Hunt - BBC - YouTube
Drongo Bird Tricks Meerkats | Africa | BBC Earth - YouTube
New Slave-making Ant Discovered in North America (entomologytoday.org)
Is this the face of a criminal?
A giant palm salamander, Bolitoglossa dofleini, in Guatemala | Smithsonian Photo Contest | Smithsonian Magazine
South Polar Skua | Audubon Field Guide
Antarctica’s Milk-Stealing, Grudge-Holding Seabirds | WBUR's The Wild Life


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