In "Spider-man 3" they introduce a symbiote, which is a organism that depends on another life form for survival. Though the organism in the film is pure sci-fi fantasy, symbiotic relationships happen in real life all the time. Here is just one example of two creatures in the natural world that use a symbiotic relationship for survival.
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