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This is a symbiotic relationship between two organisms in which one species (a parasite) benefits for growth and reproduction to the harm of the other species, (host). It must be ' - emphasized that the parasite and the host interact arid that the excessive harm done to a host, which makes it less competitive, also endangers the survival of the parasite species.
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(c) Name the group of organism represented by G.
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(a) Write down the food chains in which the guinea fowls are secondary consumers.
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