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Barnacles and whales have a commensalistic relationship in which barnacles benefit. What would most likely happen to the whale population if the barnacle population decreased?
become extinct
decrease
increase
stay the same

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
stay the same

In commensalism one species benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed, so a decline in barnacles would not significantly affect the whale population.