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thumb|Many animal species cooperate with each other in mutual symbiosis. One example is the [[ocellaris clownfish, which dwells among the tentacles of Ritteri sea anemones. The anemones provide the clownfish with protection from their predators (which cannot tolerate the stings of the sea anemone's tentacles), while the fish defend the anemones against butterflyfish (which eat anemones)]]
Cooperation is when different individuals or species work together in a way that benefits all of them, like when clownfish live among sea anemones—the anemones protect the fish from predators while the fish protect the anemones from being eaten. It matters because these mutually beneficial relationships help different organisms survive and thrive in their environments.
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- Kin selection
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thumb|Many animal species cooperate with each other in mutual symbiosis. One example is the [[ocellaris clownfish, which dwells among the tentacles of Ritteri sea anemones. The anemones provide the clownfish with protection from their predators (which cannot tolerate the stings of the sea anemone's tentacles), while the fish defend the anemones against butterflyfish (which eat anemones)]]
Cooperation (now much less often written as co-operation in British English and, with a varied usage along time, coöperation) takes place when a group of organisms works or acts together for a collective benefit to the group as opposed to working in competition for selfish individual benefit. In biology, many animal and plant species cooperate both with other members of their own species and with members of other species with whom they have (symbiotic or mutualistic) relationships.