Question

Read this sentence from paragraph 4.

They tend to pick at open wounds on the zebras to encourage more parasites to move in,giving them a more substantial snack.


What is this sentence's impact on the overall purpose of the text?


Responses


It shows that not all symbiotic relationships are equally beneficial to both parties involved.

It shows the deceitfulness of the oxpecker bird.

It shows the weakness of the zebra, despite the fact that it is larger than the oxpecker.

It shows the cruelty of the oxpecker bird's personality

Answer 1

It shows that not all symbiotic relationships are equally beneficial to both parties involved.

Step-by-step explanation:

It shows that not all symbiotic relationships are equally beneficial to both parties involved.

Although they do help each other-- the bird's tendency to hurt the zebra in order to help themselves makes the relationship lean to the parasitic side:

"They are sometimes classified as parasites because they open wounds on the animals' backs."

And it is true that not all symbiotic relationships are beneficial for both involved:

Symbiotic relationships are the close associations formed between pairs of species. They come in a variety of forms, such as parasitism (where one species benefits and the other is harmed) and commensalism (where one species benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped).