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Alleyward, back with another episode of Oligis.

So, behavioral, ecology, what the ding-dong heck is it?

Well, it's why animals such as worms and bugs and your cousin do what they do.

And what's a better window into this world than the steamy porthole of cricket boning?

So, before we get to that sexiness though, a few thank yous.

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LaGubrius disposition says, Bob Sagitt used here as an expletive.

Alleyward will crawl into your sweet little ear canal and before she leaves prepare you a veritable feast of fascinating material on your drum table.

Don't resist. Let her make brain dinner in your head.

Thank you, LaGubrius disposition for that.

I hope you're uncomfortably bloated with information.

Okay, so behavioral ecology will let's get into it.

So the word behavioral comes from a root for possession.

And ecology is the science of the relationship of living things to their environment.

And it comes from the Greek oikos, meaning house or dwelling.

So being possessed with behavior in relation to your environment.

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