You have been studying the relationship between jackals and tigers in India.Until recently,the only relationship you have observed is that jackals will associate themselves with a particular tiger and follow it at a safe distance in order to feed on the big cat's kills.However,recently you observed a jackal alerting a tiger to a kill with a loud cry.If you continue to observe this alerting behavior,you might change the categorization of the jackal/tiger relationship from ________ to ________.

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Initially, the relationship is categorized as commensalism because the jackals benefit from the tigers' kills without harming or benefiting the tigers. If jackals start alerting tigers to kills, this could indicate a mutual benefit, thus changing the relationship to mutualism.

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