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When a species benefits from an activity or aspect of a second species, but the second species derives no obvious benefit from, and is indifferent to, the actions of the first; such as a Yellow-rumped Thornbill nesting in the base of a Whistling Kite's nest or Cattle Egrets feeding with cattle and other large mammals [1]

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  1. ^ Simpson & Day (1999). A Field Guide to the Birds of Australia, 6th Edition. Penguin. ISBN 0-691-04995-5. 
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