Which of the following symbiotic relationships is considered parasitic?

a)ticks feeding on a dog
b)bees transporting pollen from flowers
c)pilotfish swimming under sharks
d)birds eating the insects from the back of a hippopotamus

3 Responses to Which of the following symbiotic relationships is considered parasitic?

  1. I would have to say B, because ticks would not be symbiotic and pilot fish and insects on a hippo are not parasitic.

    The bees and flowers could be both useful and harmful depending on the circumstances.

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  2. melvinschmugmeier

    A, ticks feeding on a dog.

    I would NOT say B because the flowers designed themselves so that the bees would take the pollen.

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  3. For me, there is a contradiction in the question. If a relationship is parasitic it can’t be also symbiotic. Symbiotic means both individuals get benefits, parasitic, only one gets benefits. Thus, the only parasitic relationship I see is a)

    Common Sense :D

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