• Question: What examples of parasites can you give?

    Asked by chloefrancis14 to Claire, Matt, Rob, Sam on 26 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Sam Geen

      Sam Geen answered on 26 Jun 2013:

      Ivy living on trees, tapeworm living in people’s guts, viruses, etc!

    • Photo: Matthew Pankhurst

      Matthew Pankhurst answered on 26 Jun 2013:

      A parasite is a life form that sucks the good stuff out of their host, and their host gets nothing in return – they are free loaders! Parasites include ticks, tapeworms, round worms, aliens (according to the movie), some mites are parasitic, mistletoe….

    • Photo: Claire Lee

      Claire Lee answered on 26 Jun 2013:

      Mistletoe is a parasite 🙂 think of that next time you’re kissing underneath it!

      Even humans seem to be parasites sometimes – we’re living off the earth, and what good is the earth getting in return?

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