A human ingests a tapeworm. The tapeworm lives in the human's intestines and absorbs nutrients, preventing the human from receiving vital nutrition.Which type of organism is the tapeworm?

A parasite lives in or on another organism and gets nutrients at that organism’s expense. The tapeworm absorbs nutrients from the human and harms the human by reducing vital nutrition, so it is a parasite.

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