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I was impressed by the number of parasites on the wildlife during my trip to South Africa.\u00a0In particular, I noticed these parasites\u00a0on Giraffes, Zebras, Antelopes, Nyalas and Wildebeests. I also\u00a0noticed birds like the Red-billed Oxpecker<\/a> on top the animals consuming the ticks and other parasites that were annoying the wildlife. You can see the large number of parasites on the bottom right portion of the image that were attached to this Giraffe. The bird was plucking them and the Giraffe \u00a0seemed appreciative of the service provided by the parasite remover.<\/p>\n

Oxpeckers\u2019 bills are especially adapted to their lifestyle. The bills are pointed as well as laterally compressed which helps the birds work their way through the coats of the mammals in a comb-like fashion and to pry out well embedded parasites.\u00a0The birds are also known to help clean-up open wounds. What they are after around the open sore is the rotting wound tissue. Oxpeckers are quite efficient at cleaning these lesions.\u00a0Their legs are also well adapted to a life spent perched on mammals. The legs are shortened to enable them to grip onto their moving hosts.<\/p>\n

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Parasite Remover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This image was taken with my\u00a0Canon EOS 5DS<\/a>\u00a0using my\u00a0Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6 II Lens<\/a>\u00a0set on 400mm. The camera was set on Aperture priority<\/a> mode with the aperture set at f\/8, shutter speed at 1\/400th of a second and the ISO set at 640.\u00a0This was a single image processed in Lightroom.<\/p>\n

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