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the answer is they have a mutualistic relationship
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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 type of relationship exists between the tick bird and the rhino?
The tick bird eats ticks off the rhino. They can cause several diseases. The bird get a meal, the rhino gets rid of the ticks. The relationship is one where both benefit and it is called commensal relationship.
What is the rhino paired with in a symbiotic relationship?
the rhino has a symbiotic relationship with the oxpecker bird, or also called a tick bird. they pick the ticks off of the rhino's back and eat them, the bird gets food and protection, while the rhino gets the tick off it's back
What are the physical features of a black rhino?
It's horn
What is the most distinctive physical feature of a rhino?
The horn
What is the oxpeaker and the rhino's relationship?
The ox-pecker provides a 'cleaning service' to the rhino - in that it cleans the rhino's skin of ticks and parasites. In return, the rhino gives the ox-pecker 'unintentional' protection from predators - because potential predators of the bird will not tackle a rhino !
What happens in a mutualistic relationship?
In a mutualistic relationship each member benefits from the other, for example in the African Savanna some birds land on the rhino and remove parasites from it while the rhino protects the birds in return.
What is the relationship between the oxpecker and the rhino?
In the past it was believed to be Mutualism but the current standing on this issue is that they are a semi-parasitic relationship. This is because the oxpecker gets food and the hippo gets cleaned, but the oxpecker also picks at the cut to keep it open and get more food. This makes it more prone to infection and it also continues to hurt the other animal.
Relationship of prehistory with physical science?
Q. relationship of prehistory with physical science ?
What is another mutualistic relationship?
Birds that eat lice of rhinos. The birds get food and the rhino is cleaned.
What is the relationship between physical and biological?
distinguish the relationship between Biology and physical science?
What is the symbiosis relationship between a tick bird and a rhino?
tick birds eat the ticks on a rhino. the relationship is positive for both the rhino and the tick bird because they both get what they want.
