Toxic relationships
This crazy bird lays their eggs in the nests of other bird species, tricking the host parents into raising the chick at the expense of their own offspring.
Cuckoo birds
“Tyrant lizard king”
Tyrannosaurus rex
The fish’s immunity to sting gives these two sea creatures a wonderful relationship
Clown fish, sea anemone
The prince tried to fit a glass slipper on dumbo
Cinderelaphant
Tortilla, paella, croquetta
Spain
known for their round, sucker-like mouths filled with teeth used to attach to and feed on the blood and fluids of other fish.
Lampreys
“Winged finger”
Pterodactyl
This fish attaches a specialized sucker disc to large marine animals to hitch a free ride and eat leftover food scraps, leaving the host mostly unaffected.
Remora
olive oil feeds spinach to her pet nocturnal mammal
Popeyeeye
Pelmeni, borscht, kasha
Russia
a parasitic fungus that infects ants, causing “zombie ants.” It manipulates their behavior to benefit its own reproduction, and eventually kills them. Could be where a popular video game got its inspo
Ophiocordyceps
“Swift feathered thief”
Velociraptor
One insect protects the other from predators in exchange for feeding on honeydew, a sweet liquid secreted by the smaller insect
Ants and aphids
Defends Gotham city then gets mistaken for a mermaid
Batmanatee
Salmon, Brunost and Fiskekaker
Norway
This insect had a unique reproductive strategy: it "zombifies" cockroaches to host its young. first to paralyze it injects venom into its brain, disabling its escape reflex. It then leads the docile, but not dead, cockroach to a burrow, lays an egg on it, and seals the entrance, providing a living food source for the larva that hatches and consumes the cockroach.
Jewel Wasp
“Arm lizard”
Brachiosaurus
This blind shrimp builds and shares a burrow with this sharp-sighted fish who watches for danger and signals the shrimp to stay safe
Pistol shrimp and goby
Lives in a pineapple by day and forested areas of North America by night
Spongebobcat
Sarmale, Mămăligă, mititei
Romania
This little guys is why men should always change the liter box. A single-celled protozoan parasite that can only sexually reproduce inside cats. When it infects rodents, it removes their natural, protective fear of cat odors and turns their attraction toward feline scents, guaranteeing the rodent gets eaten by a cat.
toxoplasmosis
“Double beam”
Diplodocus
Native to Borneo, A small flying mammal gets a hidey-hole to rest in and this carnivorous plant benefits by catching the feces that the little mammal produces.
Wooly bat and pitcher plant
Evil sea witch with spots
Ursuladybug
ugali, sukuma wiki, and nyama choma
Kenya