Question

The humpback whale is a large marine mammal that lives wide spread throughout the North Pacific Ocean. Barnacles are small marine crustaceans that will attach themselves to the bodies of humpback whales. Though the barnacles grow on the skin of whales to filter feed, they are too small to harm the whale. This example best defines which of the following

commensalism


mutualism


parasitism


predation

Answer 1

The answer is commensalism

Answer 2

commensalism

Step-by-step explanation:

the barnacles benefit from the whale while the whale doesn't but the whale isn't harmed either