Symbiotic Relationships

Front

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This neither harms nor benefits the whales.

Back

commensalism

Front

Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from the spruce tree to the tree's detriment.

Back

parasitism

Front

Yucca flowers are pollinated by yucca moths. The moths lay their eggs in the flowers where the larvae hatch and eat some of the developing seeds. Both species benefit.

Back

mutualism

Front

Hermit crabs live in shells made and then abandoned by snails. This neither harms nor benefits the snails.

Back

commensalism

Front

Oxpeckers feed on the ticks found on rhinoceros. Both species benefit.

Back

mutualism

Front

As buffalos walk through grass, insects become active and are seen and eaten by cowbirds. This neither harms nor benefits the buffalo.

Back

commensalism

Front

A flea feeds on a mouse's blood to the mouse's detriment.

Back

parasitism

Front

Wrasse fish feed on the parasites found on the black sea bass's body. Both species benefit.

Back

mutualism

Front

Ticks feed on deer blood to the deer's detriment. Options: commensalism, parasitism, mutualism

Back

parasitism

Front

Silverfish live and hunt with army ants. They share the prey. They neither help nor harm the ants.

Back

commensalism