Symbiosis

Mutualism

Wrasse fish feed on the parasites found on the black sea's bass body.

Mutualism

Yucca flowers are pollinated by yucca moths. The moths lay eggs in the flowers where the larvae hatch and eat some of the developing seeds. Both species benefit.

Parasitism

A cuckoo may lay its eggs in a warbler's nest. The cuckoo's young will displace the warbler's young and will be raised by the warbler.

Parasitism

A flea feeds on a mouse's blood to the mouse's detriment.

Commensalism

As buffalos walk througn the grass, insects become active and are seen and eaten by cowbirds

Commensalism

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales.

Commensalism

Hermit crabs live in shells,made and then abandoned by snails.

Mutualism

Honey guide birds alert and direct badgers to bee hives. The badgers then expose the hives and feed on the honey first. Then the honeh guide birds eat.

Parasitism

Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from the spruce to the spruce tree's detriment.

Mutualism

Ostriches and gazelles feed next to each other. They both watch for predators and alert each other to danger. Since the visual abilities of the two species are different, they each can identify threats the other animal would not as readily see.

Mutualism

Oxpeckers feed on ticks found on rhinos.

Commensalism

Remoras attach themselves to shark's body. They then travel with the shark and feed on the leftover food scraps from the shark's meals.

Commensalism

Silverfish live and hunt witn army ants. They share the prey.

Commensalism

The stork uses its saw-like bill to cut up the dead animals it eats. As a result , the dead animal's carcass is accessible to some bees for food and egg laying.

Parasitism

Ticks feed on deer blood to the deer's detriment.