Deliberately scare her... 'Protect' her... Then, grin when she hugs you.
by Lydia

Comment:
I like her expression. She is scared!!!
The concept expressed in the title kind of fits the challenge...but this is a photo contest, and the image by itself does not transmit a mutually benefitial relationship. I have some issues with the processing: wb looks off, reds are over saturated and the bg is a way overexposed. These issues could have been solved under advanced editying rules.

Best Friends
by kashi

Comment:
something is missing in the composition to make the "friendship" believable.

Teamwork in the sky
by mb2006

Comment:
a bit of a stretch for the challenge

Tied Together for 42km
by mcieslak

Comment:
nice subject for the challenge...I wish the composition was more interesting though.....maybe a longer shooting distance showing them in a curve with some nice perspective.

Partners For Life
by rmezzo

Comment:
prediction? :-)
good photo, maybe a bit over sharpenned

Little partners in discovery - creatures live in holes in the ground
by sgopalak

Comment:
a bit of a stretch for the challenge...not an intersting composition

staples
by justin27

Comment:
I do not see any mutually benefitial relationship here..

Cycles - Water To Flowers To Air To Water To Flowers
by JunieMoon

Comment:
the concept meets the challenge, but the composition does not look interesting to my dumb eyes..

Drinking Buddies
by Agaeris

Comment:
the baby has such a cool expression :-)

Partners
by Xuko

Comment:
are any two animals of the same kind "partners"?....I think there is something missing in the image to make it believable.