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  • Read the given examples of animal interactions. (i) An orchid growing as an epiphyte on a mango branch. (ii) Barnacles growing on the back of a whale. (iii) Clown fish

Read the given examples of animal interactions.

(i) An orchid growing as an epiphyte on a mango branch.

(ii) Barnacles growing on the back of a whale.

(iii) Clown fish living among the stinging tentacles of sea anemone.

(iv) Cattle egrets foraging close to the grazing cattle.

Which kind of interaction is being cited by these?

Option: 1

Competition


Option: 2

Amensalism


Option: 3

Mutualism


Option: 4

Commensalism


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As we learnt

Commensalism -

This is the interaction in which one species benefits and the other one is neither harmed nor benefited.

- wherein

An orchid growing as an epiphyte on a mango branch, and barnacles growing on the back of the whale benefits while neither the mango tree nor the whale derives any apparent benefits.

 

 

 

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