{"id":3058,"date":"2020-10-29T15:12:40","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T15:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=3058"},"modified":"2020-10-29T16:22:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T16:22:15","slug":"what-is-commensalism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-commensalism\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Commensalism?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3058\" class=\"elementor elementor-3058\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-49486d1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"49486d1\" 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-a120090\" 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data-id=\"5a1b7ac\" 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-07f89b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"07f89b0\" 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-9759559 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9759559\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\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-687669f elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"687669f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     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elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44b13b5\" 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>Commensalism is a symbiotic relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed to any tangible degree.<\/p><p>One good example of a commensalism relationship are epiphytes that grow on larger trees for support. Epiphytes include species like ferns or orchids. They can grow on larger trees, using them as a surface or support, but the trees are not hurt in any way.<\/p><p>Another example of this relationship include barnacles on a humpback whale.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_3101\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3101\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3101\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/barnacles-on-humpback-whale-commensalism-in-symbiosis.jpg\" alt=\"Commensalism as a symbiotic relationship\" width=\"600\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/barnacles-on-humpback-whale-commensalism-in-symbiosis.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/barnacles-on-humpback-whale-commensalism-in-symbiosis-300x153.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3101\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Commensalism as a symbiotic relationship<\/figcaption><\/figure><p><br \/>Barnacles are small sea organisms, often confused for a mollusk. They attach themselves to larger sea animals, including the humpback whale. They use the large body of the whale as a surface and filter feed on them, but the whales are not harmed in any way. 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