Eco Pt. 3 Symbiosis

Two organisms both benefit from the relationship

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Predator/prey

Mockingbirds will push the eggs out of a blue bird's nest and use the nest for it's own babies

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Amensalism

Honey guide birds direct badgers to bee hives. The badgers expose the hives and feed on the honey first. Then the honey guide birds eat.

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Predation

• Competition

Remoras attach themselves to a shark's body. They then travel with the shark and feed on the left over scraps from the shark's meals.

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Predation

• Competition

As buffalos walk through grass, insects become active and are seen and eaten by cowbirds.

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Competition

• Predator/prey

Ticks feed on deer blood to the deer's detriment (or harm).

• Commensalism

• Predator/prey

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. The whale is unaffected.

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Predation

• Amensalism

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

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Predation

• Competition

Hermit Crabs live in shells made and then abandoned by snails.

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Competition

• Parasitism

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.

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Competition