ECOLOGY
ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION
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Both feed on the host’s fluids
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Both feed on nutrients that are ingested by the host.
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Both live in the tissues and organs of the host.
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Both harm their host.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What are the Similarities Between Endoparasites and Ectoparasites? Both endoparasites and ectoparasites maintain parasitism between host and parasite. Also, both parasites benefit at the expenses of the host. Similarly, both cause harm to their host organisms.
Detailed explanation-2: -Endoparasites are the more dangerous one. It severely attacks the host. Ectoparasites weaken the host by sucking nutrients, blood and proteins from the host. Feeding parasites destroyed the tissue of the hosts.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ectoparasites live on or in the skin surface of host organisms and can harm hosts by feeding on their tissues and causing irritations, or by vectoring pathogens [1].
Detailed explanation-4: -They can cause severe disease to the host. Many are highly resistant to environmental degradation and can cause widespread contamination of the environment if not controlled. They may be zoonotic or transmit zoonotic infections. They may interfere with the human – animal bond.