symbiotic relationship

Symbiosis is a long-term biological interaction between two different organisms in an ecosystem.

There are three types of sybiotic relationships:
mutualism
commensalism
parasitism

mutualism

When both organisms involved in the process of biological interaction benefit from each other.

mutualism

• When the capuchin monkey feeds on nectar in flowers by lapping it up
• it gets pollen on its face which it eventually transfers to other flowers.

in this way the tress provide the capuchin species with food,

commensalism

When one of the two organisms involved benefits from the interaction, while the other remains unaffected.

Army ants shake the floor as they march, which causes the insects on the forest floor to fly out. Then insects are snapped by the antibirds.

In this way, the antibirds benefit from the army ants, but the army ants are not benefited from the antbirds.

parasitism

When one organism benefits from the interaction at the cost of the other organism which is subjected to harm.

leaf-cutter ants collect leaves, the phorid flies attack them, and lay their eggs in the crevices of the worker ant's head

When the eggs hatch, the larvae burrow into the ant's body and feeds on it, thus killing the ant. The phorid fly benefits from the leaf-cutter ants, who in turn pay they ultimate price in this relationship