A tick attaches to the flesh of a dog and feeds on the dog's blood for energy. This negatively impacts the dog by causing it discomfort and removing nutrients that the dog's body could have used for life processes, but it does not kill the dog.
The interaction described above is known as
A.
mutualism.
B.
parasitism.
C.
predation.
D.
commensalism.
1 answer
B. parasitism.