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What is a protozoan living in the digestive tract of a flea living on a dog is an example of?(a) Endo-parasitism(b) Klepto-parasitism(c) Hyper-parasitism(d) Ecto-parasitismThis question was posed to me in a national level competition.This is a very interesting question from Population Interactions-2 in chapter Organisms and Populations of Biology – Class 12

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Right answer is (C) Hyper-parasitism

The best I can EXPLAIN: A PROTOZOAN living in the digestive tract of a flea living on a dog is an example of Hyper-parasitism. It is also KNOWN as SECONDARY or epi-parasite. It is a relationship in which one parasite feeds on another parasite which in turn feeds on its host.



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