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During pollination, pollinators such as bees and hummingbirds travel from flower to flower collecting nectar from the nectary. As they dig into the nectar, pollen attaches to their body. The polllinator then travels to the next flower carrying the pollen to the other flower. Often, the pollen detaches from their body and attaches to the stigma of another flower, where fertilization occurs. This is an example of...

mutualism, commensalism or parasitism

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this is an example of mutualism. this is because both parties benefit from the interaction (pollinators collect food and the flowers become fertilized).

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