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A flea may live on the skin of a dog and feed on the dog's blood. This relationship between the flea and the dog is an example of .?
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What is the relationship between dog and fleas is an example of?
Dogs/fleas is an example of a Host/parasite relationship.
Symbiotic relationship between dogs and fleas?
The relationship between dogs and their fleas is not symbiotic as the dog gains no benefit from it whatsoever. The relationship is purely parasitic.
What is an example of a parasitism relationship?
an example would be a flea and a dog. The flea drinks the dogs blood, but does nothing beneficial for the dog.
What is an example of a tick sucking a dogs blood?
Paratism, in which the dog would be the host and the tick would be the parasite, because it depends on the dogs blood.
Dogs flea on dogs hair?
The relationship between a dog and a flea is called parasitism. Parasitism is a relationship between an organism and a parasite in which the parasite needs the organism to live. Without host, adult fleas can only live about two weeks. An example of a close living relationship, like fleas on dogs, is the Oculotrema Hippopotami, which is a parasite that lives in most Hippopotamus' eyes and gets rid of the algae in them. Also, many birds live near Hippos and stand on their backs for a great deal of the day to rest there while catching birds, but they also eat the bugs off of the Hippo's skin.
What is the scientific relationship between dogs and fleas?
It is a parasite - host relationship. The fleas as parasites living off of the dog as a host.
Which kind of relationship does dogs and fleas have?
Fleas suck the dogs blood, and causes itch. The flea is a parasite to the dog.
Fleas and dogs are in a symbiotic relationship called?
It's not a symbiotic relationship ! It's a parasitical relationship. In a symbiotic relationship - BOTH organisms benefit form each other. In a parasitical relationship - only ONE of the organisms benefits - usually to the detriment of the other. Fleas suck blood from dogs - which can make the dog ill. The dog gets no benefit.
Do dogs and cats fight give two reasons?
So the relationship between the two is good
What is the relationship between a dog and a flea?
parasitism
How do they call the dogs excrements?
A dog's "poop" is usually called, stool. Example, if your dog has blood in its poop you would say, "there is blood in my dog's stool."
What is the difference between dog blood and human blood?
there are many differance btween the to as well as similarites some of the differences are amount of rh protiens dogs cant have type o blood most dogs haye type ab blood dogs have more white blood cells than humans
