Symbiotic Relationships
Parasitism: When one planimal benefits and the other is harmed.
Ticks+Horse: The first parasitic relationship I have found is the horse and tick relationship. The tick feeds off the horse's blood and the horse can get lime disease and also lose blood and become weak.
Tapworms+Horse: The second parasitic relationship that I have come across it the tapeworm and horse relationship. The tapeworm's eggs are eaten by mites that live in the grass. When the horse eats the grass with the mites carrying tapeworm larvae the larvae breaks free of the mite and the horse becomes their host. They attach to the wall of the intestines with small suckers and slowly begin to feed off of the horse's nutrients. There are several types of tapeworms. The bigger ones tend to be more dangerous. The smaller ones can live in a horse for years with out causing enough damage for it to be noticable. Once inside the horse the adult tapeworm will start to lay eggs. They release them into the nutrient stream and the horse gets rid of them through the digestive system. Then the mites that decompose the horse's manure eat the eggs and the cycle begins again.
Tapworms+Horse: The second parasitic relationship that I have come across it the tapeworm and horse relationship. The tapeworm's eggs are eaten by mites that live in the grass. When the horse eats the grass with the mites carrying tapeworm larvae the larvae breaks free of the mite and the horse becomes their host. They attach to the wall of the intestines with small suckers and slowly begin to feed off of the horse's nutrients. There are several types of tapeworms. The bigger ones tend to be more dangerous. The smaller ones can live in a horse for years with out causing enough damage for it to be noticable. Once inside the horse the adult tapeworm will start to lay eggs. They release them into the nutrient stream and the horse gets rid of them through the digestive system. Then the mites that decompose the horse's manure eat the eggs and the cycle begins again.
Commensalism: When one planimal benefits and the other is neutral.
Plants+Horse: Horses and plants are the first commensalistic relationship that I have found. The horse, unlike the cow, cannot digeste certain materials. One of those materials if certain plant seeds. When they eat the plant then the seeds of the plant pass through their digestive tract. They come out in the horse's manure and are spread through the field/meadow thus helping the plant population grow.
Mutualism: When both planimals benefit.
Bird+Horse: The first mutualistic relationship that I have come across is the bird and horse relationship. The bird uses the horse as a perch when it gets tired. The bird, in turn, grooms the horse. It eats all the little bugs that could possibly harm the horse such as ticks and flies and mites.