Question

T: Parasites rarely kill their hosts right. Instead they keep them alive as long as needed. In fact, the best parasites never actually kill their hosts, though they may weaken them significantly. Explain why parasites would not want to kill their hosts immediatel

Answer 1

Parasites would want to keep their hosts alive because they cannot survive without one. Without a host, parasites will die off, meaning that they wouldn’t want to kill off their hosts, after all, that would kill them too.