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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Teamwork #81407 09/21/2002 7:33 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 In thinking about the teamwork of the pelicans, I was reminded of TV nature program showing teamwork of two different species. A Mutt & Jeff combination of a coyote and a badger descending on a prairie dog town, the badger flushing out the prairie dogs so coyote could kill them. Is there a special word for such cooperation? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Teamwork #81408 09/21/2002 8:06 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Fiberbabe old hand Fiberbabe old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Symbiosis? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Teamwork #81409 09/21/2002 8:23 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Fiberbabe: I don't know what the experts might call it. It seemed to me to be more active than most forms of symbiosis. For "synergy" my dictionary gives: "combined or cooperative action or force " Run that up the flagpole and see if anybody salutes it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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