What is Parasitism?

What is Predation?

Predation is defined as the biological interaction that occurs between a stronger animal called a predator who kills and eats a weaker animal known as prey. Therefore it refers to the act of preying of animal on another animal. Predators can be identified as Herbivores, Carnivores, and Omnivores. It mainly occurs during carnivores‘ interaction. Examples include Dolphins chasing and eating fish, spiders spinning webs to trap and kill insects, and so on....

What is Parasitism?

Parasitism is defined as the relationship between two species in which one organism benefits at the expense of another one. The parasite species take advantage while the host species contain harm. The word “parasite” comes from the Greek word. The study of parasites is known as Parasitology. The parasites don’t kill their host but in exceptional conditions, they can. Examples include tapeworms, fleas, and dogs. Types of Parasitic relationships:...

Similarities Between Predation and Parasitism

Predation and parasitism both cause harm to one species and the other is benefited. Both of them involve the other organism getting captured. Both Predation and parasitism have interspecific interactions between two different organisms in an ecosystem....

Difference Between Predation and Parasitism

Predation                                                            Parasitism                                                                                                  Definition Predation is an act of preying on one organism to another organism.   Parasitism refers to the practice of living as a parasite on the body of another organism.                                                                                                     Size They are bigger and stronger than their prey. The parasite is smaller than the host organism.                                                                                                    Action Kill, hunt, and attack the prey. They particularly use the cells of the host, live, cause harm, and use their resources.                                                                                                Type of host They interact with different types of prey. They interact only with one host organism.                                                                                                 Dependency They don’t have any dependency between both of them. They have an intimate association involving metabolic dependency on the host organism.                                                                                                   Nutrition They take nutrients by killing their prey. They take nutrients from the host organisms.                                                                                                 Progression In predation predators are active and they use physical efforts to kill their prey. They invade the living cells and try to utilize the nutrition, therefore, benefiting the other from the host and causing harm to the host.                                                                                                  Relation It occurs between the predator and the prey. It occurs between a parasite and a host organism.                                                                                                  Life Cycle This type of no such event occurs. Requires host to complete their life cycle....

FAQs on Predation and Parasitisms

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