Which of the following is an example of parasitism? a. clownfish defending sea anemone from other predators b. hookworms consuming blood from inside an animal's intestine c. barnacles living harmlessly on the side of a whale while collecting food d. tree frogs using the trees to hide from predators

The correct answer would be b. hookworms consuming blood from inside an animal's intestine.

Parasitism is a type of biological interaction in which an organism (parasite) lives on or inside the body of the other organism (host).

Parasites can be of two types:

Parasites do not kill their host but they harm their host and withdraw nutrients from them.

Hookworms are bloodsucking endoparasites which live in the intestine of an animal.

mendel's first law states that during the formation of reproductive cells , pairs of hereditary factors for a specific trait separate so that offspring receive one factor from each parent.

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