Talk:Symbiosis/@comment-31657166-20180802185321/@comment-26973278-20180802190655

I'd say it depends.

Symbiotes usually protect their hosts for their own survival (implying they can't survive on their own) while others are like parasites and don't care too much to guard their host much less save them, moving on to the next host should they die.

It really depends on the symbiote.