SYMBIOSIS EXAMPLES

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SYMBIOSIS EXAMPLES
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Mutualism

• Mutualism both species in the relationship
  benefit.
• Ex) Bees pollinate flowers, and get nectar as a
  source of food.

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Parasitism

• Parasitism one species benefits (parasite) the
  other is harmed (host)
• Ex) mosquitoes get nutrition from blood, but also
  carry diseases like malaria EEE that harm their
  hosts

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Commensalism

• Commensalism one species benefits and the other
  is unaffected
• Ex) clownfish live in sea anemones, whose
  stingers protect the clownfish. However the
  anemone is unaffected.

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The langur monkey cattle
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The wood tick
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The oxpecker the ox
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The cattle egret and livestock
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A cuckoo being raised by a warbler
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The acacia ant
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Spp. Daphnia The Flea!
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Another type of commensalism

• Batesian mimicry one species evolves to look
  like another species, but the other species is
  unaffected
• Ex) the orchid mantis

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The viceroy butterfly
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The hoverfly
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The planthopper
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The owl moth
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The hawkmoth caterpillar