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Cleaning Symbiosis - Do Cheaters Prosper?
Are cleaner fish tempted to bite their clients?
April 01, 2009—Parasites may be harmful to living organisms. A relationship called the cleaning symbiosis describes how some animals, the cleaners, remove parasites from other animals, the clients. Because of the close interaction between cleaner and client, a question arises: instead of picking off parasites, do cleaners ever bite their clients instead?
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