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'Symbiosis' literally means 'living together', and symbiotic organisms are those that live at least most of their lives with another.

Most consider symbiosis to pertain only to non harmful interactions, where at least one of the organisms gains something from the interaction, be it shelter, food, increased possibility to reproduce, etc.

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How do animals get there food?

Animals get their food through various means such as hunting, scavenging, grazing, foraging, or through symbiotic relationships with other organisms. Different feeding strategies are adopted based on the animal's diet, habitat, and evolutionary adaptations.


Is the ocelot invovled is symbiosis?

Ocelots are not typically involved in symbiotic relationships. They are solitary animals that mainly hunt and live independently. They do not have any known mutualistic or parasitic interactions with other species.


Does a duck have a symbiotic relationship with any animal?

Ducks do not typically have symbiotic relationships with other animals. Symbiosis refers to a close and long-term interaction between two different species, where both organisms benefit from the relationship. Ducks do have mutualistic relationships with certain species of fish, where the fish eat parasites off the duck's body, providing a cleaning service. However, this interaction is not considered a true symbiotic relationship.


What is anthrozoology?

Anthrozoology is the study of the interactions and relationships between humans and other animals. It explores the bonds formed between humans and animals, and the impact these relationships have on both parties' physical and emotional well-being. Anthrozoology also examines the ethical, cultural, and ecological aspects of human-animal interactions.


What are examples of symbiotic competitive relationships?

Examples of symbiotic competitive relationships include the interactions between predator and prey species, where predators compete with each other for limited prey resources. In mutualistic relationships, species may compete with each other for shared resources, such as plants competing for sunlight in a forest canopy. Additionally, in some symbiotic relationships, organisms may compete for the same host or habitat space, such as different species of parasites coexisting on a single host organism.

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What are the symbiotic relationships in the temperate woodlands and shrublands?

the symbiotic relationship in the temperate woodlands and shrublands can be between an tree that supports fruit and a animal that eats it.


What animal has a symbiotic relation in the movie ''The Lion King''?

What are the symbiotic relationships of the mandrill


What is the cattle egret commensalism relationship with cattle?

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.


What do you think these animals live together in the pond community?

The animals that live together in the pond community have some sort of interdependency. There is a relationship between such animal some have symbiotic relationships while others have predator-prey relationships.


What is a symbiotic relationship between an animal and a plant?

a flytrap to a bug


Can roots and fungus have a symbiotic relationship?

Well, roots are parts of plants, so your question should probably be: "Can plants and fungi have a symbiotic relationship?" I would say no, because fungi are usually detritivores, which mean they feed on dead organic matter (like decomposing leaves or a dead animal). On the other hand plants obtain nutrients and water from the soil and gases from the air, so there may be competition for the nutrients left by the detrital matter. Overall i don't think there would be a symbiotic relationship between the two, most symbiotic relationships occur between plants/animals or animals/animals. A symbiotic relationship between micorrhizae and plant roots exists and is well documented. The fungus provides nutrients that the plant would otherwise not have access to and the plant provides food from photosynthesis. It is possible to look at this as two simultaneous parasitic relationships, because both parties are taking resources. In either case, both parties benefit.


How is mutalism similar to and different from commensalism?

Mutualism is similar to commensalism in that they are both symbiotic relationships in which at least one animal benefits. In Mutualism both the animals involved benefit whereas in commensalism one animal benefits and the other is neither hurt or helped.


How do animals get there food?

Animals get their food through various means such as hunting, scavenging, grazing, foraging, or through symbiotic relationships with other organisms. Different feeding strategies are adopted based on the animal's diet, habitat, and evolutionary adaptations.


What relationships it has to other animals blue whale?

it does not have any relationships with any animal sorry


What is the term for when an animal helps another animal?

I believe you are thinking of symbiosis (or a "symbiotic relationship), since animals are not known as good samaritans.


What are 3 different types of interdependence between living things?

There are four types of symbiotic relationships, three types are competition, mutualism, and commensalism.


Is the ocelot invovled is symbiosis?

Ocelots are not typically involved in symbiotic relationships. They are solitary animals that mainly hunt and live independently. They do not have any known mutualistic or parasitic interactions with other species.