{"id":3056,"date":"2020-10-29T15:14:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T15:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=3056"},"modified":"2020-10-29T16:27:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T16:27:15","slug":"what-is-parasitism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-parasitism\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Parasitism?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3056\" class=\"elementor elementor-3056\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f314178 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f314178\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9a750ea\" 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data-id=\"76b190a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Symbiosis<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e916135 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"e916135\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-symbiosis-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3077 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/symbiotic-relationship\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Symbiotic relationship<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3076 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-mutualism\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is Mutualism<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3075 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-commensalism\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is Commensalism?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3074 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-parasitism\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is Parasitism?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3073 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-predation\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is Predation?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3078 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/competition-in-a-symbiotic-relationship\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Competition in a symbiotic relationship<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a16b4a7 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elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"224392f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Parasitism is a symbiotic relationship in which one species (the parasite) benefits while the other species (the host) is harmed in a significant way. Parasitic activities are common in animal species. Parasites may live on the body or inside of the host.<\/p><p>One good example of this relationship is the roundworm (parasite) that lives in the intestines of mammals such as cats, dogs, and humans. Because these parasites live inside the body, they feed on the inside of the host and can cause all sorts of trouble for the host, including abdominal pain, anemia, and sometimes death. Parasites that live inside of the host are known as <b>endoparasites<\/b>.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_3107\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3107\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3107\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/parasites.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration of flea and tick commonly found on dogs and cats.\" width=\"600\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/parasites.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/parasites-300x122.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration of flea and tick commonly found on dogs and cats.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Lice, fleas, and ticks are examples of parasites that live on the skin of the host, such as a dog. They are known as <b>ectoparasites<\/b>. They attach themselves to the skin of the host and feed on its blood. That can severely harm the host by causing diseases such as Lyme disease, or Rocky Mountain spotted fever.<\/p><p>Parasitism often is seen as a kind of predation. The difference between parasitism and predation is that the parasite&#8217;s host is seldom killed outright \u2014 the host may live on for a long time. Generally, predators are physically dominant in terms of strength and size. Parasites (both ectoparasites and endoparasites) and often much smaller than their host.<\/p><p>DID YOU KNOW? <br \/>There is a different but interesting type of parasitism known as social parasitism. Can you guess what that is? 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