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Cape Buffalo • Yellow-billed Oxpeckers 5762.jpeg

Cape Buffalo • Yellow-billed Oxpeckers 5762.jpeg

Mutualism relationship with the Cape buffalo (and other large mammals) and the yellow-billed Oxpecker. The Oxpeckers exclusively eat any tick, blood sucking f...
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Mutualism relationship with the Cape buffalo (and other large mammals) and the yellow-billed Oxpecker. The Oxpeckers exclusively eat any tick, blood sucking flies or insects that may be on the buffalo and thus, the birds are well fed and the buffalo free from harmful parasites. The birds also warn their hosts of potential danger. This photo was taken in the Mara North Cponservancy of the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.
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NIKON Z 7_2

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Aperture 3302983/524283 ISO 250 Shutter 1/640 Focal Length 400/1

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Kenya

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Jan, 2023

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239

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Amazing image, Burt! A fine example of how nature cooperates with each other…symbiotic (I’m not a biologist…but similar relationship).

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