In the past it was believed to be Mutualism but the current standing on this issue is that they are a semi-parasitic relationship. This is because the oxpecker gets food and the hippo gets cleaned, but the oxpecker also picks at the cut to keep it open and get more food. This makes it more prone to infection and it also continues to hurt the other animal.
The rhino is able to get rid of any annoying ticks and pests on its back.The oxpecker has a steady food supply and also has protection from its predators. Would you want to mess with a rhino to get a bird off its back? The oxpecker also feeds on water buffalo and zebra, but a rhino is the most typical
the rhino benefits because the oxpecker cleans it and the oxpecker benefits because the rhino prevides it with food
The relationship is mutalism because both animals benefit from the relationship. the oxpecker gets to eat the bugs on the rhino's back. The rhino gets the bugs eaten off its back.
the oxpecker feeds on the ticks found on the rhino!
our answer was that the oxpecker will eat the rihno and then die
Their symbiotic relationship is mutualism, meaning thy both benefit from this relationship.
Their symbiotic relationship is mutualism, meaning thy both benefit from this relationship.
A rhino gets clean and the oxpecter gets a meal and the oxpecter warns the rhino danger is coming.
Mutual symbiosis, because both the rhino and the Ox pecker benefit from the coexistence
Oxpeckers remove parasites from Rhinos. Rhinos benefit because they remain healthier and oxpeckers get nutrition from eating the Rhino's parasites.
The oxpecker eats small insects like tics which infest the rhinos hide. The oxpecker gets a free meal, the rhino gets rid of his parasites
it's a symbiosis. the rhino carries the oxpecker around. when it stops at small bushes to eat leaves, the oxpecker drops of and eats insects. it's a symbiosis. the rhino carries the oxpecker around. when it stops at small bushes to eat leaves, the oxpecker drops of and eats insects.
The rhinoceros lives in a symbiotic relationship with an oxpecker. Their symbiotic relationship is mutualism, meaning thy both benefit from this relationship. the oxpecker cleans off bugs and ticks from the rhinoceros, that gives the oxpecker nutrients and the rhinoceros gets clean
the rhino has a symbiotic relationship with the oxpecker bird, or also called a tick bird. they pick the ticks off of the rhino's back and eat them, the bird gets food and protection, while the rhino gets the tick off it's back
It was once thought that the relationship between the oxpecker and hippopotamus was mutualistic. However, new evidence points to a semi-parasitic relationship. The oxpecker cleans the hippopotamus, but also opens up wounds so that the will become infected with flies, creating more food for the oxpecker.
tick birds eat the ticks on a rhino. the relationship is positive for both the rhino and the tick bird because they both get what they want.
The animal that has a symbiotic relationship with a cuckoo is the warbler. The warbler first lays its egg in the nest that it builds, and the cuckoo lays one of its eggs in the same nest when the adult goes off to feed.
they live together because the rhino can get clean and the oxpecker gets a free meal and can be carried around
oxpeckers live in the savana of south africa. most oxpeckers also live on rhinos. the reason why is becauee so long as the oxpecker cleans the rhino, the rhino will give the oxpecker protection.
Mutualistic
Oxpeckers feed on the Ticks found on a Rhino.
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