Brown Spider Monkeys

Symbiosis

• is any relationship between two organism in which at least one benefits.

   

• There are three types:

• Mutualism: Both organisms benefit

• Example: I have a mutualistic relationship with fruit-bearing trees such as the strangler fig tree. I receive food from those trees while they get dispersion of their seeds.

• Commensalism: One organism benefits while the other is unaffected

• Parasitism: One organism benefits while the other is harmed. Involves a parasite and a host

• Example: Sometimes parasitic worms make us their hosts. This is very bad for us because it causes primate malaria.