Oxpeckers warn rhinos of approaching poachers and feed on parasitic ticks found on rhinos. What are the primary benefits to oxpeckers and rhinos, respectively?
A food source; no benefit to rhinos.
Saving their habitat from poachers; no benefit to rhinos.
A food source; possible protection from poachers.
Saving poachers’ lives; rhinos save their own lives.
Correct answer: (C) A food source; possible protection from poachers.
Explanation
Eating ticks provides food to the birds, while the alarm may allow rhinos to avoid poachers. These are exactly the two benefits in C. The passage does not say the birds save poachers or receive no reciprocal benefit.
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