Bee and Marabou Stork
By: Kaylee Worrell and Gabi Holop
Symbiotic Relationship
- The Marabou Stork and Bee have a commensalism relationship, so the bee benefits while the marabou stork is not affected.
- The bee will have the benefit between the two because, the marabou stork uses its saw-like bill to cut the animal it eats.
- Because of the stork cutting up the animal, the dead body of the animal is able to be used by the bee for egg-laying and food.
- Unfortunately the stork does not get any benefit from the relationship, but at least it does not get hurt.
Living
- These two organisms have to live together
- They have to because of the symbiotic relationship they have.
- The bee and marabou stork depend on each other so they can eat and other things.
- Let’s say that the marabou stork went extinct, what would the bee do without it?
- The bee won’t be able to lay the eggs on the caracess or be able to eat the animal….It won’t be able to survive!
- That’s why they have to live together.
Bee
- Queen bees live up to five years old; males only a couple of weeks
- Bees make honey to feed their young and so they have something to eat during the winter.
- Killer bees have been known to chase people for over a 1/4 mile once they get excited and aggressive.
- Certain species of bees die after stinging because their stingers, which are attached to their abdomen, have little barbs or hooks on them, and when this type of bee tries to fly away after stinging something, part of the abdomen is ripped away.
- there are about 20,000 different species of beesin the world and they live in colonies
- only female bees can sting
- the worker bee and the queen bee are both female
Marabou Stork
- Marabou storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with a long, bare throat sac.
- size- Approximately 150 cm (59 in.)
- long gray legs
- featherless neck colored pink like the head
- 25 year lifespand in wild
- carnivrous species
- Male marabou storks are larger than the female storks
- bill is wedge shaped and may be colored greenish yellow or horn
- The tail feathers are quite soft and white
Bibliography
- https://theanimalfacts.com/birds/marabou-stork/
- https://www.reference.com/science/symbiotic-relationship-between-marabou-stork-bee-f608245043e30b7a
- sparkflowstudios.org/marabou-stork-and-bee-relationship.php
- https://prezi.com/d9at1r09qnay/the-commensalistic-relationship-between-a-marabou-stork-and-a-bee/