Oxpeckers Take Advantage of Their Hippo Hosts
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.
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Видео Oxpeckers Take Advantage of Their Hippo Hosts канала Smithsonian Channel
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