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By:Caden Arai

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Example: Rats grooming each other

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Reciprocity is a social behavior that all living things do. It is also usually positive for both parties and the act is mutual. Depending on the example it could also be beneficial for both parties which is an example of Mutualism or one party is unaffected and the other is benefitted which would be an example of Commensalism. An example of a Mutualistic Relationship would be the Rats grooming each other. An example of Commensalism would be the remoras sticking to the sharks to eat the waste and parasites that is produced by the shark.

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Kimmerer W.R. (n.d.). "Gratitude and Earth." <Retrieved from https://www.humansandnature.org/earth-ethic-robin-kimmerer>
Schienweinfurth M., Sieger B., Taborsky M. (July 2017). "Experimental Evidence for reciprocity in wild-type Norway Rats" <Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317913829_Experimental_evidence_for_reciprocity_in_allogrooming_among_wild-type_Norway_rats>

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Reciprocity is a learned behavior where organisms have a mutual relationship of helping each other. The behavior is overall positive as both creatures are benefited by the action  that they take to help each other.

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Biologist Robin Wall Kimmerer discusses how creating a reciprocal relationship with the Earth must start from a position of gratitude.

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Examples: Monkeys clean each other and after they are done the monkey that was cleaning will get cleaned.

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Organisms have adapted to perform reciprocity. Just like feelings like guilt, fear and love, helping another person is a learning action or trait. Reciprocity is important to the survival of both individuals. An example would be the remoras that stick to the sharks. Sharks with remoras have a greater chance at survival as they eat the parasites that are harmful to them. Sharks without remoras have a higher risk of being leeched of energy and other resources by parasites leading to there death.

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Example: Humans Reciprocating

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Reciprocation is a necessity for any organism to survive. Even as a person communicating and helping other people are part of our daily lives. Getting rid of Reciprocity would impact us negatively and would end with us being less fortunate and as advanced as we are today.