Thursday, October 16, 2008

The wonder of the Animal Kingdom


3 comments:

Amy Shmamy said...

Wade,
Don't know exactly what the yellow tangs (correct if I am wrong) are doing with the sea turtle, but the birds and antelope is an example of mutual symbiosis. The birds are eating the bacteria and bugs on the antelope and the antelope is being cleaned. In the words of Louis Armstrong, "What a wonderful world"
Amy

Wade G. Burck said...

Amy,
The Tangs are doing the same thing, only they are eating algae.
Wade

Amy Shmamy said...

Wade,
I had a feeling this was the case. I learned aboumutual symbiosis in my Northwest Ecology class, but I can't seem to remember the example we used.