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Commensalism — Definition & Examples

By Sylvia Freeman
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This photo show an image of a cattle egret bird eating a small frog.

By Stuart Burns from Erith, England CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The cattle egret is a small, stocky species of heron. Flocks of cattle egrets are known to follow around herds of large animals like cows (hence the name) and catch small animals that are disturbed by the herd's grazing. What best describes the relationship between a cattle egret and a cow?

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