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. A botfly lays an egg in the skin of an animal. When the larvae hatches from the egg, it

burrows deep into the skin. The animal may become sick from having the larvae under its
skin. What type of relationship is being described, and what roles do each organism play?
O commensalism; botfly is the predator, other animal is its prey
parasitism; botfly is the host, other animal is the prey
O mutualism; other animal is the host, botfly is the parasite
O parasitism; botfly is the parasite, other animal is the host

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mutualism; other animal is the host, botfly is the parasite

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