Which of the following is an example of commensalism?

A. Wood-digesting flagellates living in the gut of termites 
B. A female mosquito sucking blood from a musk oxen
C. Barnacles hitching a ride on the skin of a whale
D. Acacia trees and their ants
E. A tapeworm living in the intestines of a mule deer


Answer: C

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