commensalism: Quick Facts

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Some plants grow fruit that sticks to animals' fur and then falls off and grows elsewhere; this transportation is a form of commensalism.
Many lichens and mosses are commensal with trees.
Sea anemones grow on hermit crabs to catch more food. The crab is seemingly unaffected.

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A white man in a blue shirt stands in front of an illustrated blue background with fish and the text "animal car wash?" across his chest, referencing animal mutualism.

How wood ants use sunlight to heat their nest

Examine commensalism among fish species such as shrimp, the neon goby, and moray eels

Wolverines and ravens: Finland's winter survival duo

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