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= Open Ocean By Matt Zadel and Meghan Donovan Once upon a time in the deep ocean, also known as the Open Ocean, there lived a very intelligent doctor named Dr. Whales Tales. Dr. Whales Tales especially liked to observe the other local animals' eating habits and relationships. Dr. Whales Tales first observed his own eating habits. He realized his prey was a numerous amount of weaker creatures. One of his favorite treats to eat was the Leatherback Sea Turtle. After much consideration Dr. Whales Tales decided to classify his eating habits as a predator-prey relationship. Dr. Whales Tales was so happy that he had finally classified himself that he swam swiftly to his best friend the flatworm, Pelmatosphaera Polycirri. Dr. Whales Tales told him they were going for a swim and he had some very exciting news for him. During their swim, Dr. Whales Tales told the flatworm about his recent classification of his relationship with many other weaker creatures. He began asking the flatworm about his eating habits. The flatworm replied that he had a parasitic relationship with a local nervous shark. The flatworm would eat the nutrients the shark had inside his body from his last meal. Dr. Whales Tales was ecstatic; he had now classified two relationships in the Open Ocean. Dr. Whales Tales decided to go visit the shark with hopes to classify him as well. The shark claimed that he was apart of a commensalistic relationship with a remora. The remora attaches himself to the nervous shark and takes a free ride while he eats the scraps from the shark’s last meal. The shark claimed he had no problem with this due to the neutral affect it had on him. The shark also had a mutual relationship with a local pilot fish. The pilot fish cleans the shark of parasites and gets a free meal. This gets rid of the parasites that harass the shark. They both benefit. Dr. Whales Tales finally classified all four relationships in his habitat the Open Ocean biome. =

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