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    Jun 18, 2007, 03:17 PM
    Organisms present in the rainforest
    What are some examples of parasitism, mutualism and commensalism found in the rain forests
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    Jun 18, 2007, 03:19 PM
    What do you think ?
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    Jun 18, 2007, 03:20 PM
    Since this a homework question, I am not going to hand the answer to you but I will give you a page you can go through the links and find out for yourself.
    parasitism, mutualism and commensalism found in the rain forests - Google Search
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    Jun 18, 2007, 03:30 PM
    COMMENSALISM- Epiphytes in trees (Trees provide substrate, presence of Epiphytes has no effect on trees)

    Mutualism- monkeys, birds, and fruit from trees(Trees provide fruit for animals, animals disparse seeds for tree)

    Parasitism- There is no wind on the forest floor. For a fungus to disperse spores by the wind, it has to have a way to rise above the forest floor. Many kinds of decomposers and scavengers of the insect world will incidentally ingest a spore of a certain fungus. As the hyphae grow through the animal's tissues they drive it insane, the insect climbs a tall plant and walks out to the tip of a leaf, and dies as the fruiting body bursts through its back, dispersing its spores in the breeze from its new, exposed position.
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