Oxpeckers Take Advantage of Their Hippo Hosts

Name: Oxpeckers Take Advantage of Their Hippo Hosts
Uploaded: 2019-10-30T09:36:23Z
Duration: 2 min 21 s
Description: Oxpeckers perform a valuable service to hippos, keeping their skin free of ticks and dead skin. But they've also been known to keep host wounds open, so they can feed off the flesh.

From:The Drought Begins

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Oxpeckers perform a valuable service to hippos, keeping their skin free of ticks and dead skin. But they've also been known to keep host wounds open, so they can feed off the flesh.