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Three-spined sticklebacks that harbor a tapeworm are less likely to perform courtship behavior correctly and are less successful at reproducing. An image is provided.

The tapeworm's relationship to sticklebacks can be classified as which of the following?

A. Commensalism

B. Mutualism

C. Competition

D. Parasitism

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Answer: parasitism

Step-by-step explanation:

One of them is getting hurt

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I am pretty sure it is parasitism because the tapeworm is hurting the stickleback