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because the candy corn grows quicker than almonds, it will instinctively push the almondlings out of the nest leaving them to starve, thereby culling the competition to its parasitic consumption of unknowing mother’s milk

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I’m going back to bed

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What’s with the candy corn? 🌽

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Candy corn is a brood parasite who plants its young in almond nests to leech off of their resources and be raised as one of their own.

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Brood parasitism

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I have a few questions, but I’m not sure I want the answers.

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Let the curiosity flow through you

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