A cow's rumen,or first stomach,provides the ideal environment for a variety of microbes.When a cow consumes grass,these microbes digest the grass,releasing nutrients both for their own and for the cow's use.While most of the microbes continue to live in the rumen,some of them are killed during the digestive process and provide additional nutrition for the cow.This complex relationship between the cow and her microbes has features of which two categories of interactions?

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The relationship described between the cow and the microbes in its rumen exhibits qualities of mutualism (both the cow and microbes benefit from the relationship) and predation (some of the microbes are killed during digestion, providing additional nutrition for the cow).

A Cow's Rumen,or First Stomach,provides the Ideal Environment for a Variety