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So they can get nutrition by filtering water.
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∙ 14y agoYes, the barnacle helps the whale by cleaning wounds on it while the barnacle is attached.
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∙ 15y ago* yes, they can in some types of water that the marine has
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∙ 13y agobarnacles heal wounds on the whale when it is attached to it.
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∙ 13y agoThis is a good question and the answer is that barnacles are living creatures that need protection and what is beater than a whale!
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∙ 12y agomaybe they are moving homes just like we humans do... or maybe they do it for fun, or to escape from whales.
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∙ 12y agoBarnacles use whales as a traveling feeding platform.
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∙ 10y agowhen the whales are sleeping the barnicls crawl onto them and stay for a ride i guess
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What do the barnacles on a Humpback whale do?
Barnacles are actually very helpful to whales. The relationship that they have is mutualism. They attach on to them and they eat the algae and the other harmful things on them. The whales don't mind the barnacles because the whale acually benefits off the barnacles. Barnacles are benefited because they eat the things that are on the whale
Barnacles live on whales. Whales carry the barnacles around which helps the barnacles feed. The whales are unaffected. This is an example of .?
commensalism
Why are whales and barnacles buddies?
They aren't symbiotic : the barnacles (crustaceans related to crabs) are parasites on the whale's skin, and will also attach to boats, docks, and other marine locations.
What is commensalism an example?
Barnacles benefit from living on whales, and they do not hurt the whales.
Symbiotic relationships of whales and barnacles?
barnacles create home sited by attaching themselves to whales
An example of a commensalism?
An example of commensalism is the relationship between barnacles and Humpback whales. The barnacles cling on too the whale and are carried to rich feeding grounds (So the barnacles benefit)and the whales are not affected by the barnacles.
What would happen to the barnacles if the gray whales died?
They would stay on the whales
Symbiotic relationships with a grey whale?
The grey whale has a symbiotic relationship with barnacles. The barnacles attach themselves on the whales and are transported to new locations in the ocean. Whales are not harmed in the process, and the barnacles benefit from the new food sources.
Do barnacles harm whales while attached?
yes
What whales have on them back?
i think you're talking about barnacles
What is the symbiotic relationship of Barnacles and whale?
commensalism == the barnacle living on the whales back gains safety and protection where as the whales does not either gain or lose anything from the relationship
What is a symbiosis for commensalism?
Commensalism is a symbiotic relationship were one animal benefits and the other animal is not affected. An example of commensalism is the relationship between barnacles and Humpback whales. The barnacles cling on too the whale and are carried to rich feeding grounds (So the barnacles benefit)and the whales are not affected by the barnacles.
