The outcome of one living thing on another depends on if their relationship is harmful or helpful.

TV companies make money by showing the violent relationships between animals.

Relationships between animals are usually violent because they fight over food to survive.

“They do not steal anything. They do not bite. They just think the body of another living thing is a great place to hang out.” (Paragraph 3)

“When a lion kills a gazelle, it wants to eat as much as it can and maybe share the rest with its family.” (Paragraph 2)

“There’s a word that we use for all of these kinds of relationships. Symbiotic is when two living things live together and change how the other one lives” (Paragraph 6)

Both the whale and the barnacle benefit because both of their lives are made eaiser by being attached.

The whale benefits from this relationship because nothing will try to eat it, and the barnacles are not harmed.

The barnacles benefit because they can eat food while they are attached to the whale, and the whale is not harmed.

“one gets good things out of it while the other is not hurt”

“Unless, of course, the whale wants to go on a date.”

“First, nothing will try to eat them. They are on a whale!”

The author only provides examples

Non-violent relationships to violent relationships

Violent relationships to non-violent relationships