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The leech is the parasite and whomever blood it's sucking is the Host.

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Q: When a leech is sucking your blood what is the parasite and what is the host?
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A leech is a type of?

Sucking blood from a host animal.


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.


Is a leech a parasite?

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Does a leech have tricks to kill prey?

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Are ticks host parasite or predoator?

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How does leech eat?

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What is the difference between a parasite and a host?

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This worm has two suckers and ingests blood from a host?

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What is ticks sucking blood from a host organism an example of?

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Is the louse is an example of foragers?

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What relationship exist between flea on cat's fur?

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