The egrets are seen in close association with grazing cattle as the cattle egrets are benefitted by it. Cattle while grazing stir up the bushes and insects are flushed out from the vegetation to be detected by the cattle egrets. This association is called commensalism as cattles are neither benefitted nor-harmed.
Egrets are often seen along with grazing cattle. What do you refer to this interaction? Give a reason for this association.
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Mahesh
The egrets are seen in close association with grazing cattle as the cattle egrets are benefitted by it. Cattle while grazing stir up the bushes and insects are flushed out from the vegetation to be detected by the cattle egrets. This association is called commensalism as cattles are neither benefitted nor-harmed.