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pressurecan t1_isvpqk1 wrote on October 19, 2022 at 1:17 AM

Reply to comment by wattnurt in Has an animal species ever gone extinct from a naturally occurring disease? by Jan_Sobasedski

Especially because the relationship between “multiple” hosts can be predator and pray, and if one becomes sick, or weaker, while the other is completely fine, it might be advantageous to kill off one of the hosts so that it can live in the stronger one.