What are some examples of communalism??
- Mosquito and a human: The mosquito gets blood from the human, harming the human and benefiting the mosquito.
- Biome: All over North America and Africa
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- Cattle and Cattle egret: The egret follows the cattle around. The cattle stir up bugs and the cattle egret eat them, the egret benefit and the cattle arn't harmed, affected or benefiting.
- Biome: Florida Everglades (wetlands)
- Flatworm and Horseshoe crab: The flatworm attaches itself to the Horseshoe Crab and gets food from it benefiting the flatworm.
- Biome: Two types of the crabs live in the Indo-Pacific waters and the other lives along the Atlantic Coast (oceans)
Whale and barnacle: The barnacle attaches itself to the whale to eat food that passes by as the whale swims. The whale is not affected.
Biome: North Atlantic and Pacific oceans
- Flatworm and Horseshoe crab: The flatworm attaches itself to the Horseshoe Crab and gets food from it benefiting the flatworm.
- Biome: Two types of the crabs live in the Indo-Pacific waters and the other lives along the Atlantic Coast (oceans)
Whale and barnacle: The barnacle attaches itself to the whale to eat food that passes by as the whale swims. The whale is not affected.
Biome: North Atlantic and Pacific oceans
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