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"What weighs 5 oz, lives in a tree and is dangerous?"

Something venomous?
A bird with the flu?

[A lone soldier finds himself stranded in a barren desert with no rations. His only possession: a calendar. When search and rescue finds him twelve months later, he's in perfect health. Why didn't he starve to death?]

A lone soldier finds himself stranded in a barren desert with no rations. His only possession: a calendar.
When search and rescue finds him twelve months later, he's in perfect health. Why didn't he starve to death?

Spoiler

he ate the dates?

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If my answer is correct then that's a pretty bad riddle and your anger is well justified.

Mistletoe?