In the Film Terns gain protection from predators by living among a colony of gulls. A baby leather bass fish finds protection among sea urchins. Small jack fish swim, unharmed, among the tentacles of the lion's mane jellyfish, while angelfish clean parasites off a manta ray Concept Organisms of different species may live together in beneficial relationships. To invent two organisms with attributes that allow them to live together as helpful partners Content Science, language arts, visual arts Background Within communities, organisms of different species may exist in some form of partnership. These relationships are generally referred to as symbiotic .
Mutualism refers to relationships that are beneficial to both organisms.
The relationship of flowers and bees is an example of mutualism. A bee moves pollen from one flower to another, thus fertilizing the flowers. At the same time, the bee satisfies its need for food by feeding on nectar produced by the flower. In some relationships, one organism may benefit while the other organism neither gains nor loses. Referred to as commensalism , an example of this type of relationship might be a bird nest in a tree.