Joan Carroll · @joancarroll
218 followers · 439 posts · Server photog.social
A giraffe on the side of the Chobe River in Botswana Africa giving us a bored look as it gets groomed by several oxpeckers. Oxpeckers perch on large mammals and eat ticks, small insects and other parasites. See more here: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/giraffe-and-oxpeckers-botswana-africa-joan-carroll.html?newartwork=true
#Giraffe #mammal #wildlife #wildlifephotography #oxpecker #birds #Africa #botswana
#giraffe #mammal #wildlife #wildlifephotography #Oxpecker #birds #africa #botswana
Peter Stewart · @Peter_S_Stewart
228 followers · 127 posts · Server ecoevo.social
Huge buffalo passing through - with a couple of oxpeckers hitching a lift!
#Ecology #Conservation #Research #Fieldwork #CameraTrap #TrailCam #Wildlife #Nature #PricklyPearProjectKenya #Zooniverse #Buffalo #Oxpecker
#ecology #conservation #research #fieldwork #CameraTrap #trailcam #wildlife #nature #PricklyPearProjectKenya #zooniverse #buffalo #Oxpecker
Anathema Device · @anathema_device
49 followers · 383 posts · Server wonkodon.com@HelensPhotos hmm, #oxpecker Oxpeckers aren't beneficial - they're more like parasites. They often open wounds or keep them open so they can drink blood from the animals they 'groom'. Nice photo though!
HelensPhotos · @HelensPhotos
270 followers · 336 posts · Server mastodon.me.uk
Example of the beneficial relationship between (red billed) oxpeckers and Impala.
Impala benefit from having pests such as ticks, etc removed, which the bird gets to eat.
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#antelope #Impala #Oxpecker #birds #birdwatching #birdsofmastodon #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #AfricanWildlife #canon #SoloSelfDrive