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The cookiecutter shark, *Isistius brasiliensis*, is a deep-sea species within the Dalatiidae family. Notably, it possesses bioluminescence and uniquely removes circular discs of tissue from sizable marine animals like whales and sharks. This behavior, likely driven by nutritional needs, makes it sig...
Splinter is a 2008 American horror film directed by Toby Wilkins, notable for its unique parasitic monster that absorbs its victims and reanimates their corpses.
Coelioxys conoidea is a solitary bee native to Eurasia, notable as a kleptoparasite because females lay their eggs in the active nests of leafcutter bees to feed on their pollen.
Coelioxys rufescens is a solitary cuckoo bee found across Eurasia, notable for its parasitic breeding strategy of laying eggs in the provisioned nests of other leafcutter bees.
Stelis punctulatissima is a dark solitary bee native to Europe, notable for its cleptoparasitic lifestyle of laying eggs in the provisioned nests of other cavity-nesting bees.
