Oxpecker Nature's Bug Remover

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misterwigger wig/gity My father made wigs. His father made wigs. And his father... made... wigs!!! 2d ago #7570969

Those red beaks and that one shot of it picking at a scab were a bit :marseysus:

I looked it up and

However, their preferred food is blood, and while they may take ticks bloated with blood, they also feed on it directly,[8] pecking at the mammal's wounds until blood flows.[9] Whatever the net result, mammals generally tolerate oxpeckers.

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ManBearFridge O/I Subject Expert: Mayo Nonsense/Moderator misterwigger 2d ago #7570992

Reminds me of that picute of a hippo running in fear from birds

Oh, I think its the same ones lol

:chad!black2: :marseybear: :marseyrefrigerator:

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kaamrev they/them :marseynpcsheep:

misterwigger 2d ago #7570980

they'll generally go for what's easiest - on the whole they are symbiotic, but won't hesitate to like blood during dry months, and change from symbiotic to parasitic

additionally very old animals like old elephants, or rhinos, which have even small sores or cuts, can have their wounds exaserbated, when in their final months they barely have the strength to pull the birds away