The humpback whale is a large marine mammal that lives wide spread throughout the North Pacific Ocean. Barnacles are small marin

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The humpback whale is a large marine mammal that lives wide spread throughout the North Pacific Ocean. Barnacles are small marin

e crustaceans that will attach themselves to the bodies of humpback whales. Though the barnacles grow on the skin of whales to filter feed, they are too small to harm the whale. This example best defines which of the following
commensalism

mutualism

parasitism

predation

Biology

2 answers:

hodyreva [135] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-25T08:56:43+03:00

hodyreva [135]3 years ago

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Answer:

commensalism

Explanation:

the barnacles benefit from the whale while the whale doesn't but the whale isn't harmed either

ANEK [815] · Answer 2 · 2022-08-25T10:30:15+03:00

ANEK [815]3 years ago

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The answer is commensalism