The relationship between a cow and those birds that sit on their backs. The cow gets a free cleaning and anti-insect service, and the bird gets food. Also between a shark and those fish that swim underneath or beside it, same concept as the cow example
It is pointed out that the methane flux measured experimentally for certain ponds and swamps is quantitatively consistent with a commensal dependence of Methanobacteria on O2-chemotactic motile aerobic bacteria.
Pondweed in lakes provide shelter for many fish, but are not affected either way.
A frog lives underneath a plant for protection.
example of commensalism
Insects lay eggs in the sloth's waste.
iceream
a frog lives underneath a plant for protection
what are the example of commensalism
commensalism
nothing
Plants
An example of commensalism is the relationship between barnacles and Humpback whales. The barnacles cling on too the whale and are carried to rich feeding grounds (So the barnacles benefit)and the whales are not affected by the barnacles.
Humans getting milk from cows would be an example of commensalism. Commensalism describes a relationship that exists between two organisms in which one organism benefits without harming the other organism.
Mutualism, Commensalism, and Parasitism.
A bird living on the top of a hippo, or a bird living in a cactus is an example of commensalism...:D
an example of commensalism in the grasslands is.. a Giraffe and a tree the giraffe is benefiting because he is getting a meal but the tree is harmed or benefiting.
ferns or orchids
no, because leech is an example of an ectoparasite
lichen growing on tree bark