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two organisms deciding rent is cheaper than going it alone.
means A close, long-term biological relationship between two different species, which may benefit both, benefit one, or harm one of them.
from From Greek symbiosis, "living together," built from syn- ("together") plus bios ("life") — the same bios that powers biology and biography. It entered scientific English in the late 19th century when biologists needed a word for species cohabiting, and it has roomed with us ever since.
- your cells
- mitochondria were once free-living bacteria you swallowed
- lichen lie
- it's fungus and algae faking one organism
- deep sea
- anglerfish males fuse permanently into their mates
- coined 1879
- botanist De Bary named the cohabitation game
- gut deal
- microbes outnumber your own cells living rent-free
clownfish and sea anemone — clownfish live among anemone tentacles for protection while removing parasites, found in coral reefs throughout the indo-pacific
oxpeckers and african mammals — oxpecker birds eat ticks and parasites off zebras, buffalo, and rhinos in east and southern africa