Use the paragraph below to answer the next 4 questions Oli ve baboons are large

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Use the paragraph below to answer the next 4 questions Oli ve baboons are large primates that live throughout equatorial Africa. They live in large known as ps, troops, of 20-50 baboons. They are omnivorous and they feed on grass, leaves, ruit, seeds, tubers, invertebrates and small mammals (up to the size of a small antelope). However, when they live near humans, they are also known for raiding agricultural areas an stealing human crops or eating their garbage. Baboons can also have intestinal helminth, nematodes and protozoans, that are spread through their feces. These parasites can also infect humans and are shared when baboons enter areas inhabited contaminate soil and water like by humans and their feces 23. In this example, intestinal parasites would be considered a disease A) Host B) Agent C) Vector D) Both host and vector 24. Which of the following could influence the prevalence of intestinal parasites shared between baboons and humans? A) The reduced population sizes of lions, which eat baboons. B) Human settlements increase the resources available for baboons and thereby increase their potential population size. C) Baboons are generalists and can therefore utilize food from human settlements that other baboon species cannot. D) All of the above are possible influences on the prevalence of intestinal parasites. E) None of the above are possible influences on the prevalence of intestinal parasites. 25. What type of dispersion pattern would you expect baboon populations to exhibit? A) Clustered B) Random C) Unifornm 26. Which type of interaction would best describe the relationship between humans and baboons in this example? A) Predator-prey B) Parasite-host C) Interspecific competition D) Intraspecific competition E) Mutualism

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As per information provided in above paragraph answers of given questions are as under

23. Intestinal parasites would be considered as agent because they are causing disease like helminthes, nematodes and protozoan. So option (B) is answer.

24. Lions that eat baboons may be suffered from disease like helminthes, nematodes and protozoan resulting reduce population size of lions. Olive Baboons can utilize human food, and crops and their garbage. So option (D) is answer because all of the above are possible influence on the prevalence of intestinal parasites.

25. As per information in above paragraph olive baboon exhibit in clustered known as troops. So option (A) is answer.

26. Relationship between human and baboons show interspecific competition. So option (C) is answer

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