Parasite Cleanse FAQ:
I’ve been looking up several definitions of a “parasite.” More sources do not require the parasite to be of a different species than the host. I just wanted to know the public opinion. Thanks.
I’ve been looking up several definitions of a “parasite.” More sources do not require the parasite to be of a different species than the host. I just wanted to know the public opinion. Thanks.
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Would you consider a mammalian fetus to be a parasite by the definitions you are finding?
Legato:
Biology itself is science of exceptions:
1.Brood parasites are organisms that use the strategy of brood-parasitism, a kind of kleptoparasitism found among birds, fish or insects, involving the manipulation and use of host individuals either of the same (intraspecific brood-parasitism) or different species (interspecific brood-parasitism) to raise the young of the brood-parasite.
2. Mammalian foetus are parasites of their mother’s.
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Nope. There are some deep sea fish species in which the male is parasitic on the much larger female.