A type of bird in africa eats blood-sucking insects off large mammals. which word best describe the relationship between the bird and the mammals. A.mutualism B. parasitism C. neutralism D. commensalism

The correct answer is A. Mutualism

Explanation:

The relationship between the bird and large mammals described implies benefits for the species involved because the bird can obtain food and nutrients by eating insects and the large mammals can avoid the insects' bite, which can cause diseases. This type of relationship, in which two species help each other is known as mutualism because the species are mutually dependent and both benefit. This does not occur in other relationships such as parasitism or commensalism because in this only one species benefits.

nacl or sodium chloride is an ionic compound. this is because an ionic compound pertains to a compound that consists of positively and negatively charged ions. in this case, na (sodium) has a tendency to lose one electron when it reacts with with other atoms, so the resulting sodium ion contains 11 protons and 10 electrons, thus making it positively charged (na+), when chlorine reacts, it usually gains one electron to form an ion called chloride, thus making it negatively charged ( since the ions are oppositely charged, they attract.