Red-billed Oxpecker are particularly fond of gleaning food from larger mammals such as the hippo.

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Red-billed Oxpecker are particularly fond of gleaning food from larger mammals such as the hippo. Not only do they supply a regular feast of exo-parasites and blood but a safe place to get drinking water

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Location: Katavi National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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