Mutualism Involving Three-Toed Sloths

This is part of a series of posts that were included in a site called Mutualistic.net, which I closed down a couple of years ago. Each post tells a fascinating story of the cooperation and interdependence of two or more species … Continue reading →

The Portuguese Man-of-War: A Very Strange Case

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Mutualism This is part of a series of posts that were included in a site called Mutualistic.net, which I closed down a couple of years ago. Each post tells a fascinating story of the cooperation and interdependence of two or more … Continue reading →

Mutualism Between Fig Wasps & Fig Trees

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Mutualism This is the first in a series of posts that I will be gradually adding to Btweenblinks from a site I closed down a couple of years ago called Mutualistic.net. Each post tells a fascinating story of the cooperation … Continue reading →

Hitching a Ride: Sexton Beetles and Phoretic Mites

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Mutualism First impressions and assumptions can be totally wrong, as I found out one day in my backyard. I spotted a black beetle horribly infested with little brown mites. The beetle was trying to fly, but it was just too … Continue reading →

Mutualistic Symbiotic Relationships of the Maned Wolf

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Mutualism When thinking of the natural world, we often focus on the fight for survival, the battle of prey versus predator or the competition for available food or territory. And yet there are many examples of different species working together … Continue reading →