Is this a rather obvious question?

Biology Level 2

What is the symbiotic relationship between a mosquito sucking a human's blood and the human?

Commensalism None of these Mutualism Parasitism

Hobart Pao by Hobart Pao , 23, USA

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Hobart Pao
Sep 18, 2016

Unless it's the same mosquito sucking the human's blood every single time, part of the definition of symbiotic relationship is a prolonged interaction.

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answer should be "c"

Saraswati Sharma - 4 years, 8 months ago

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It's not parasitism, because parasitism is a symbiotic relationship and this isn't a symbiotic relationship. The reason why is, part of definition of symbiotic relationship is that the two involved species are different and that there is a prolonged interaction. Does a mosquito live with the same human every day? No. It bites many different humans in the course of its lifetime. Therefore, no symbiosis occurring here.

Hobart Pao - 4 years, 7 months ago

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