Question

Some birds are known as honey guides because they may be followed by humans to wild beehives. When the humans take honey from the hives, the birds are able to feast on the honey and bees, too. This type of relationship can best be described as ____. Question 1 options: parasitism commensalism mutualism symbiosis

Answer 1

Answer:mutualism

Explanation:

In a mutualistic relation,both organisms involved benefit from the activities of each other. The benefits may be nourishment,shelter, protection etc.

In the above example,the birds are known to guide humans by responding to specific calls made by the human. They guide humans to beehives and then in return gets to feed on left over honey. Both the bird and human benefits by getting nourishment.

Mutualism is unlike parasitism where one of the organism involved benefits and the other organisms Is most likely harmed. It is also not commensalism, where one organism benefits and the other neither benefits nor is harmed