Parasitic relationships are typically loose associations between two species.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


False

When one organism feeds on another but does not normally kill it outright, the organism is termed a parasite, and the prey, a host. Some parasites remain attached to their hosts for most of their life. Being endoparasitic on a host seems to require greater specialization than ectoparasitism. Therefore, ectoparasitic animals such as leeches feed on a wider variety of hosts than do endoparasites such as liver flukes. Thus, host-parasite interactions are often tight in terms of proximity, duration, and specialization.

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