Symbiotic Relationships: Read about each Organism Interaction and identify what type of symbiotic…

Symbiotic Relationships: Read about each Organism Interaction and identify what type of symbiotic relationship exists between the two organisms (Parasitism, Commensalism, or Mutualism). Briefly explain ORGANISMS Brief Overview of Relationship Barnacle/ Whale Banacles create home sites by attaching themselves to Symbiotic Relationship whales. As the barnacle is a filter feeder, it also gets access to more water (and more food) due to the relationship. Whale is unaffected Cuckoo/Warbler A cuckoo lays its eggs in the nest of the warbler. The cuckoo’s eggs hatch first and the young kick the

»Symbiotic Relationships: Read about each Organism Interaction and identify what type of symbiotic relationship exists between the two organisms (Parasitism, Commensalism, or Mutualism). Briefly explain ORGANISMS Brief Overview of Relationship Barnacle/ Whale Banacles create home sites by attaching themselves to Symbiotic Relationship whales. As the barnacle is a filter feeder, it also gets access to more water (and more food) due to the relationship. Whale is unaffected Cuckoo/Warbler A cuckoo lays its eggs in the nest of the warbler. The cuckoo’s eggs hatch first and the young kick the warbler eggs out of the nest. The warbler raises the cuckoo babies and the warbler babies aren’t hatched. Remora/Shark Remoras attach themselves to a shark’s body. They travel with the shark and feed on the leftover food scraps after the shark has finished its meal. The shark is unaffected as it’s done eating anyway Ostrich Gazelle Ostriches and gazelles feed next to each other. They both watch for predators. Because the visual abilities of the two species are different, they can each identify threats that the other animal may not see as readily Mistletoe/Spruce Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from the spruce tree to the detriment (ill effect) to the spruce. Silverfish/ Army Silverfish live and hunt with army ants and share the Ant prey. They neither help nor harm the ants. Oxpeckers (bird) feed on the ticks found on a rhinoceros. The oxpecker, therefore, gets food and the rhino gets rid of a parasite A flea feeds on a mouse’s blood to the mouse’s detriment. Oxpecker/ Rhinoceros Mouse/ Flea Honey Guide Honey guide birds alert and direct badgers to bee Bird/ Badger hives. The badgers then expose the hives and feed on the honey first. Next the honey guide birds eat. Wrasse Fish Wrasse fish feed on the parasites found on the black Black Sea Bass sea bass’s body (usually in the mouth). Dental floss for fish! None of the relationships above involve competition. Although competition is a symbiotic relationship, it is rarely seen in nature. Define the term “competition” and explain why we rarely observe it in nature. 1. Taken and modified from M. Andurl, CSUP

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