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Parasites are organisms that live in or on a host organism, obtaining essential nutrition for themselves from the host. Parasites rarely kill their hosts, however. Which explanation BEST describes why evolutionary pressures selected for parasites that do not kill the host?

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Answer: Parasites that kill the host lose their source of nutrition or energy and would be less likely to survive.

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