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Title: The name of the relationship between and organism and a non-living tool Post by: Tecnoluc on Jun 30, 2015 Hi there,
This is my first time posting, so before everything, thanks for any support provided. I come from IT, and I want to know how is the name of the relationship between an living organism and a non-living, abiotic tool (like the hermit crab and the dead snail shell, or any other organism that use a non living tool). I suppose it's not symbiosis, as it imply the relationship between two living organisms. So, that it, hope someone can help, thanks in advance. Title: Re: The name of the relationship between and organism and a non-living tool Post by: bio_man on Jul 1, 2015 There's no name for it. There can't be a viable interaction between a living and non-living thing. Symbiotic relationships, such as Commensalism, parasitism, etc, occur between living species.
Title: Re: The name of the relationship between and organism and a non-living tool Post by: Tecnoluc on Jul 13, 2015 Thank you very much for the answer bio_man. I think I wasn't clear, though.
I understand it is NOT a symbiosis. It's not a relation between two living things. But when you affirm that "there can't be a viable interaction between a living and non-living thing", what do you mean by viable? What I am trying to grasp is if there is a name, a single word in biology that condenses the use of tools by animals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tool_use_by_animals#Definitions_and_terminology The most approximate term for human relationship with high complex tools systems that I know are "Sociotechnical system" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociotechnical_system). I just guessed that maybe in Biology would exist a term for it. Thanks for the help. |