Mistletoe uses birds to spread to new trees hosts. Since mistletoe is using and benefiting from birds, why is mistletoe not considered a parasite of birds? Select an answer and submit. For keyboard navigation, use the up/down arrow keys to select an answer. a b с d e Mistletoe are plants, not parasites. Since the birds eat mistletoe, it is actually predation. Mistletoe is not actually benefitting from the birds. Species can't be parasites for more than one other species. The birds benefit from interacting with mistletoe.

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