Identify the type of symbiosis described. The saguaro cactus provides food for the white-winged dove through its large fruit. The bird consumes the fruit, ingests the seeds, and then deposits the seeds in a new location.

Both organisms benefit, so this relationship is mutualism. The dove gets food from the saguaro’s fruit, and the cactus benefits when the dove disperses its seeds to new locations. Commensalism would benefit only one organism, while parasitism would harm one.

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