Identifying Symbiotic Relationships

The Gaudy Leaf Frog is a poisonous frog that uses the Vermiliad leaf as shelter from the weather and the leaf is unaffected.

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

• predation

The Bromeliad is a plant that grows on trees so it can collect sunlight and rain that the tree also needs.

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

• predation

Capuchin monkeys swing from tree to tree and get the nectar from the flowers.  The pollen gets stuck to them as they eat. When they move to another flower, the flowers get pollinated.

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

• predation

A wasp will inject its eggs into a host plant and when the babies hatch, they eat the plant.  The plant dies as a result of this process.

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

• predation

Cattle egrets eat the insects stirred up by cattle when they are grazing on grass.

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

• predation

Sparrows will oftentimes build their nests in areas where fierce hawks known as Osprey fly around.  The sparrow does this as a means of protection.

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

• predation

Oxpeckers feed on the ticks found on a rhino.  The oxpeckers get a meal and the rhino has the ticks removed.

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

• predation

Lice on a human scalp receives nourishment from the blood and causes a rash of itchy bumps.

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

• predation

As Baleen whales swim through the ocean, they filter plankton from the water.

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

• predation

The Alaskan Brown Bear is known to stand near the area of a river where salmon jump out.  The bear catches the salmon in his mouth in mid-air and eats it.

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

• predation