Saturday, August 30, 2014

Mutualism


Humans have thousand upon thousands of bacteria inside out intestinal tracts that help us digest our food. This kind of relationship is known as mutualism, a relationship where organisms of two different species benefit from each other.  Other examples of this kind of relationship include flowers and bees, orchids and mycorrizae, and the zebra and the ox pecker.

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