Why my body is my best friend
and why I love her (which feels like a radical thing to say)
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Allow me to explain with lichen
The frilly, lacey lichen we see growing on rock faces and tree bark are not organisms in their own right. They are in fact a combination of a fungus and an algae; lichen exist because of a symbiotic alliance between the two.
The algae photosynthesises sunlight to create sugars which feed the fungi. And the fungi capture moisture and protect the environment which allows the algae to thrive.
If one player is absent, the lichen cannot exist.