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It is a symbiotic relatiionship, a parasitic relationship, meaning it benefits the parasite but harms the host.
Flukes--Parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
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Why is the relationship between elk and flukes parasitism?
flukes inhabit the elk veins and feed off of them, causing harm
What symbiotic relationship does flukes and elks have?
A parasitic relationship. The fluke (if it is a blood fluke) takes needed nutrients from the elk's blood, which can harm the elk.
What are the ecological relationship of flukes?
ecological relationships of flukes
What are blood flukes?
What are blood flukes?
What is the difference between a fluke and a flounder?
Flukes are bigger than flounders, plus the flukes eyes migrate to the left side of their head and the flounder to the right side of their head.
What is the difference between a flounder and a fluke?
Flukes are bigger than flounders, plus the flukes eyes migrate to the left side of their head and the flounder to the right side of their head.
What organs are infected by the types of flukes?
There are many types of flukes for different animals. In humans, we can be infected with a couple of types of liver flukes, a lung fluke, and blood flukes.
What is the difference between trematoda and monogenea flukes?
monogenea are ectoparasitic while trematoda are endoparasitic
What is the difference between a elk and a wilderbeest?
The elk and wildebeast have distinct physical differences, but elk live in North America and wildebeast live in Africa.
How far away is Cheyenne from Elk Grove?
There are 1,099 miles between Cheyenne and Elk Grove.
What is the relationship between Blood flukes and snails?
Blood flukes infect humans, but they use water snails as an intermediate host. Their life cycle is as follows: 1. eggs released in water hatch 2. larvae infect water snails 3. in snail larvae develop into a different stage larvae which are again released in the water 4. these larvae can penetrate the skin of human hosts 5. in humans the blood flukes mature and settle in veins around the gut or bladder 6. mature blood flukes produce new eggs which are released in water 7. goto 1.
Are flukes parasitic?
Some are e.g. liver flukes, but others are not e.g. a whale's fluke.
