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Name any two parasitic plants and two parasitic animals?


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Parasitic plants and animals:

  1. A parasitic plant is one that receives some or all of its sustenance from another living organism.
  2. They are found in practically every biome and makeup around 1% of all angiosperms.
  3. A parasitic animal is a living organism (such as a flea, worm, or fungus) that lives in or on another living thing, feeds on it, and sometimes shelters from it, but mostly harms it.
  4. Cuscuta and yellow rattle are the two parasitic plants.
  5. Ticks and tapeworms are two parasitic animals.

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