Parasites are like predators in that they:
A) Can reduce the competitive impacts of otherwise dominant competitors
B) Can reduce the fitness of the organism on which they are preying upon or parasitizing
C) Typically remove one individual from a population
D) There impacts are not at all similar

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Parasites can reduce the competitive impacts of dominant competitors by weakening them, similar to how predators can control the population of dominant species. Additionally, parasites reduce the fitness of their hosts by consuming their resources, similar to how predators affect their prey's survival and reproductive success.

Parasites Are Like Predators in That They