Animal Partnerships 



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MANY animals go into partnerships with 

 others. Sometimes it is a union of the 

 strong with the weak, and the benefit, 

 so far as we can see, is wholly one-sided, but 

 often visible advantage results to both. 



Jackals and hyenas that dog the steps of lions 

 in order to crack the bones left from the royal 

 feast can be of service only rarely, as sentinels ; 

 and what return can be made by the remora? 

 This is the queerly striped " sucking fish," which 

 attaches itself by the sucker on the top of its 

 head to a turtle or shark or swordfish and is car- 

 ried about free for hundreds of miles, having 

 nothing to do but dart aside here and there to 

 snatch up a bit of food and then resume its 

 dead-heading. 



The partnership between the shark and the 

 pilot fish, however, seems to be one of mutual 

 service, the little one accepting the protection 

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