Question
Oxpeckers and rhinos manifest a symbiotic relationship in the wild. The oxpeckers warn the rhinos about approaching poachers, thus possibly saving the lives of the rhinos. Oxpeckers also feed on the parasitic ticks found on rhinos. In the symbiotic relationship described above, the primary benefits for oxpeckers and rhinos respectively are,
Options :
Oxpeckers get a food source, rhinos have no benefit.
Oxpeckers save their habitat from poachers while the rhinos have no benefit.
Oxpeckers get a food source, rhinos may be saved from the poachers.
Oxpeckers save the lives of poachers, rhinos save their own lives.
Answer :
Oxpeckers save their habitat from poachers while the rhinos have no benefit.
Solution :
From the statement, Oxpeckers also feed on the parasitic ticks found on rhinos. We can conclude that Oxpeckers get a food source.
It is mentioned that the oxpeckers warn the rhinos about approaching poachers, thus possibly saving the lives of the rhinos.
So from above, we can say that Oxpeckers get a food source, rhinos may be saved from the poachers. Hence Option B is the right answer.
It is stated that by warning about poachers, oxpeckers saves the life of rhinos. This means rhinos have a benefit from this symbiotic relationship. Option A and option D is wrong.
"Rhinos save their own lives" is not mentioned in the statement. Hence option C is wrong.
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