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Q: What is the fish that eats parasites off other fish?
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What are animals eating insects off of another animal it did not harm nor help the animal?

Yes, some animals eat insects off other animals. Chimps eat ticks and other parasites which are on other chimps. This is a sign of friendship when they do this, and it helps each other. Ticks can cause disease. This also happens underwater. A type of fish eats at parasites on the larger fishes. This small fish goes into their mouths, and since it is eating at the parasites, the fish does not eat it and allows it to do so.


Do giraffes live in a symbiotic relationship with any other species?

the oxpecker eats parasites off the giraffe, and the tickbird eats insects off the giraffe


What do the cleaner fish do with the parasites they clean off?

They eat them.


Which fish is known as succer fish?

any fish that eats the muck off the surface of rocks or boats or any other object under the water


What is the symbiotic relationship between the cleaner fish and shark?

Sharks do not have a symbiotic relationship with the fish they eat. However, a lot of sharks do have a symbiotic relationship with remoras. This small, tubelike fish attaches itself to larger fish (including sharks) by means of a suction cup on its head. It eats external parasites off the shark. The remora gets a free meal and the shark gets rid of its parasites.


What does the Banded Coral Shrimp eat?

Parasites off of fish and polycheate worms.


What symbiotic relationships are in the ocean?

sharks and the little fish that suck parasites off of them


Are cactus parasites?

No, cacti are not parasites. They don't live off other creatures.


Are Protozoa parasites?

They tend to exist as parasites, living off other life forms


What eats fugus?

The fugu fish is an extremely poisonous fish found in the waters off Japan. Fugu fish, also called puffer fish, eat other fish, small crustaceans, and plankton.


How dangerous are parasites?

Parasites are very dangerous. They can cause sicknesses. A parasite is a host which is a living organism that lives and eats off of another organism to live. Tapeworms are considered parasites because they feed off of all the food that enters your intestines. Some parasites, like tapeworms, can, accidentally, cause death.


What eats elodea?

Fish will eat off of elodia and if you have snails it will eat off of it.