• AgreeableLandscape☭OPM
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    2 years ago

    Ecology major here, it actually is symbiosis. Symbiosis simply means two or more organisms living in such a way that one or more benefit from the presence or bodily functions of the other. There are three kinds: Parasitism is a subset of symbiosis, where one organism benefits and the other organism is harmed, as is commensalism, where one organism benefits and the other is not affected, as is, what they actually meant to say, mutualism, where all organisms benefit.