There is not true symbiotic relationship. However, he cattle egret removes ticks and flies from cattle and consumes them. This benefits both species.
There is not true symbiotic relationship. However, he cattle egret removes ticks and flies from cattle and consumes them. This benefits both species.
There is not true symbiotic relationship. However, he cattle egret removes ticks and flies from cattle and consumes them. This benefits both species.
This question is really rhetorical, because commensalism is one of the symbiotic relationships between one animal species and another. Thus the question really answers itself: the symbiotic relationship between egret and cattle is commensalism.
The cattle egret and the African ankole have a symbiotic relationship called mutualism. In this relationship, two different organisms work together and each one benefits from it.
If it's truly symbiotic, no, by definition.
Symbiosis
The only relationship between a Cattle Egret and grazing animals is that the Egret will remove fleas and ticks from cattle. It will also follow other grazing animals as they eat, picking the insects that they stir up while they graze.
mutualism
The cattle egret will follow cattle, and will even ride on their backs to look for insects to eat. It has adapted to forage next to cattle, rhinos, and even farm tractors, to get the insects and worms that are disturbed by the cattle's feet or the tractor's wheels.
There is not true symbiotic relationship. However, he cattle egret removes ticks and flies from cattle and consumes them. This benefits both species.
mutalism
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