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🦔 Echidna Termite-Mound Foraging: Marginal Value Theorem and Soil Digging Energetics

A short-beaked echidna walks between termite mounds, digs in with power-limited claws and licks up prey that depletes exponentially: find the optimal time to leave each mound with the marginal value theorem and see how soil hardness and patch distance change it.

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A short-beaked echidna walks between termite mounds, digs in with power-limited claws and licks up depleting prey: find the optimal time to leave each patch with the marginal value theorem and see how soil hardness and patch distance shift it.

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