Symbiosis: Relationship Between Birds And Alligators

Symbiosis is the relationship between organisms and how they act. Symbiosis also means living together and they do this to avoid the competition for food. There are three types of symbiotic relationships that include; commensalism, parasitism, and mutualism. Along with the symbiotic relationships there are also two types of competitions; interspecific and intraspecific competition. Competition is when two organisms fight for the same limited resources. Commensalism is when there are two different organisms and one organism gets benefits without harming the other. One example of commensalism is between a Florida red belly turtle and the American Alligator I saw at the everglades. Since the redbell turtle has a really hard shell it is really unlikely for the alligators to harm them and because of this the redbull turtle takes advantage of the gator and lays her eggs in the alligators nest during the day. The eggs are protected at night from the alligators too. Another example of commensalism is between the remora fish and sharks. The remora basically just attaches itself anywhere around the body of the shark, and uses the shark for transportation, protection from other predators, and then eats the left overs of the prey the shark just ate. The shark doesn't get any benefits and also is
An example from the everglades would be alligators make burrows that uses groundwater and then small animals come in the hole to live and use the water. The alligator benefits from this because they get an easy meal when it sees the animals in the hole. Clownfish and sea anemones help each other out because the clownfish gets a safe home and the sea anemones eats the clownfishes poop and can breathe when clownfish does a wiggle dance. My last example would be flowers providing nectar as a food source to bees and the bees spread the pollen of the flower to other plants, which will make them able to