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Commensalism |
Mutualism is a relationship between two organisms in which both of those organisms benefit from the relationship. My organism is a giant panda, the other organism is bacteria. The giant panda benefits from having a special bacteria in it’s stomach to help digest foods and the bacteria benefits because to has a place to live.
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Commensalism is a relationship between two organisms in which one of those organisms benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed. My organism is a giant panda, the other organism is bamboo. The giant panda benefits because it eats the bamboo and the bamboo is neither helped nor harmed.
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Parasitism
Parasitism is a relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed. My organism is a giant panda, the other organism is Baylisascaris schroederi. The giant panda is harmed because Baylisascaris schroederi eats the insides of the giant panda which kills it and Baylisascaris schroederi benefits because it eats the giant pandas insides.