Symbiotic Relationships
Symbiotic refers to diverse organisms that live together. Three types of Symbiotic Relationships include Mutualism, Commensalism, and Parasitism.
Mutualism- A relationship between two species in which both of the species benefit from the association. Two examples of this in the Tropical Rainforest include capuchin monkeys and flowering trees. When the capuchin monkey feeds on nectar of these flowers, it gets pollen on its face. And like a bee and a flower relationship, it gets the pollen from one tree to another,
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Commensalism- This relationship is where one organism is gaining something from the relationship, and the other organism is not gaining or loosing anything. An example of this is type of relationship is the whale and barnacles. The barnacles are filtering water every time the whale moves and that is how it feeds itself, and the whale isn't gaining or loosing anything thing by the barnacles living on it.
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Parasitism- This is a relationship between two organisms where one of them benefits and the other doesn't. An example of this in the Tropical Rainforest is the phorid fly and leaf-cutter ants. When the leaf-cutter ants are gathering leaves, the phorid flies attack them and lay their eggs on the crevices of the ant's head, this is how the fly reproduces.
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