Mutual Benefits
This creature pollinates plants while getting nectar to make honey.
What is a bee?
This funny creature lives within sea anemones for protection from predators.
What is a clownfish?
These pests team up with fungi to digest wood.
What are termites?
A mosquito bites a guy in the leg, sucking some of his blood to produce eggs and leaving behind an itchy bump. Who benefits?
What is Mosquito?
The oxpecker picks these off the skins of African animals.
What are ticks?
The Tongue-eating louse eats the tongue of its host and becomes the host's new tongue siphoning nutrients from the host. This an example of what type of symbiosis?
What is parasitism?
The nocturnal creatures pollinate flowers during their nightly searches for food.
What are bats?
A wild honeyguide leads a group of people to a beehive. The group of people gets a few jars of raw honey out of the hive, while the bird eats the exposed beeswax. Who benefits?
What is both?
These creepy crawlers catch flies and other insects that intrude into people's houses unannounced.
What are spiders?
These rock-like creatures attach themselves to whales as a way to feed on microorganisms as the whale swims.
What is a barnacle?
This mammal's gut contains bacteria that help it maintain a largely grass-based diet.
What is a cow?
The egg of a tapeworm finds its way inside of a dog. The tapeworm grows inside the dog's intestine and absorbs the nutrients that the dog is supposed to get. Who benefits?
What is the tapeworm?
This colorful underwater creature provides homes for fish in exchange for getting cleaned.
What is coral?
Pistol shrimps rely on a chemical cue from gobies that warns them that predators are around. This is an example of what type of symbiosis?
What is mutualism?
These organisms combine with tree roots to gain access to the sugars in a tree, in exchange for the tree getting more water and nutrients from the soil.
What is a mushroom?
A remora attaches itself to a shark. Whenever the shark eats, the remora consumes the scraps of the meal. Who benefits?
What is the remora?
These hard workers herd aphids in order to have a constant supply of honeydew.
What is an ant?
These creatures carry sea anemones on their shells as a form of protection from predators.
What is a hermit crab?
Decorator crabs use snipped pieces of sponges as this form of defense.
What is camouflage?
The Colombian Lesserblack Tarantula allows the Dotted Humming Frog to burrow inside its den. Who benefits?
What is both?