Clown Fish and Sea Anemone

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The clown fish lures in food for the anemone the
anemone protects the fish
Clown Fish and Sea Anemone
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The ants clear away vegetation so the tree
receives more light the ants can only nest in
the galls on the tree.
Ant Galls on Acacia Tree
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Ants Aphids
The ants herd the aphids protecting them the
aphids provide the ants with food
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The tapeworm lives inside the human, getting
shelter nutrition, depriving the human of some
food.
Tape-worm Head
Humans Tapeworms
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Bromeliads Trees
The bromeliads grow on the trees. This does not
harm the trees.
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Tree Frogs Bromeliads
The tiny tree frogs live in the microhabitats
found in the cup-like center of the bromeliads .
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Oxpecker Birds Rhino
Oxpecker Birds Water Buffalo
The birds catch eat ticks and other parasites
off these large animals.
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Vampire Bat Cows
The bat makes a small, harmless scratch on the
cow then the bat licks the blood.
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Alligator, Leech, Plover
Sometimes so many leeches are sucking blood from
one alligator, they actually
weaken the gator. The plovers feed on leeches
they pick off the gators.
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Warbler feeding Cuckoo nestling
Cuckoo chick
Adult warbler
The cuckoo chick often pushes the warbler chick
out of the nest. The adult warbler feeds the
young cuckoo, even as it becomes much larger than
itself!
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Dog and Flea
The flea feeds off the dogs blood, and can
transmit diseases to the dog.
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Goby fish Cleaner Shrimp
The goby warns the blind shrimp when danger is
near the shrimp excavates the sandy burrow that
shelters them both.
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The anemone gives shelter to the crab.
Hermit Crab in Sea Anemone
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The anemone attaches to the crabs shell,
traveling with it
Sea Anemones on Hermit Crab
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Shark Grouper with Remoras
The remora fish catches a ride with a larger
fish, eating any food scraps.
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The tick feeds off the deers blood, often
transmitting disease to the deer.
Deer and Tick
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Caterpillar with Wasp Eggs
The wasp lays its eggs on the caterpillar. When
the eggs hatch, they burrow into the caterpillar
to feed, killing it.
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Flowers Honeybees
The bees gain food as they pollinate the flowers.
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The woodpecker nests in the cactus the holes
dont bother the cactus
Gila Woodpecker Saguaro Cactus
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Mistletoe
trees
The mistletoe gains food and space from the tree,
often killing it.
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Witches Broom Formed by Mistletoe
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Trout Lamprey
Lamprey mouth
The lamprey uses its disk-shaped, raspy,
sucker-like mouth to attach to a fish and feed
from it, often weakening the fish.
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Honeyguide bird Ratel (akaHoney Badger)
Bees!
The ratel cannot find bee hives without the
bird. The ratel rips apart the hive and they
both eat!
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The hook-worm harms humans,
Hookworm Humans
but gets food protection
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The Nomeus fish is not harmed by the Portuguese
Man-of-War as it
hides in the jellyfishs tentacles.
Nomeus fish
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Sooty Shearwater (bird) and
Tuatara (lizard)
The Sooty Shearwater digs a burrow to lay its
eggs. The Tuatara moves into the burrow, often
eating the eggs!
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Extra Credit 1 Use the Internet
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the examples of symbiosis in this PowerPoint.
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Extra Credit 2 Use your text to
add an example of symbiosis from your book that
is not in this PowerPoint presentation!!
Thats All!