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What is the BEST description of the difference between predation and parasitism?

A) Predation and parasitism are largely the same.
B) Predators are always larger than their victims, while parasites are always smaller than their victims.
C) Predators typically kill their victim, while parasites mostly want to keep the victim alive for continued resources.
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D) Parasites feed slowly, and kill their victim slowly, but intentionally, while predators quickly kill their prey and eat their fill.

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Parasites are organisms that live at the expense of another organism, called the host
Predators capture and feed on another organism, called the prey

Parasites do not kill their host, but predators often kill their prey.

So, I believe that the answer is C
User Mohit Bhansali
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The answer is C , predators often kill their prey while parasites don't kill the host .
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