TheFriendlyElephant Yes, I'm in the room. @iluvdawubz Thank you! Yes indeed! Posted 10 years ago Report Link Quote Reply
TheFriendlyElephant Yes, I'm in the room. @Background Pony #0945 Oxpecker Birds have a naturally colored red tip on their beaks. It’s not blood. But you are correct, they do eat bugs and parasites off of the hosts that they land on. Posted 10 years ago Report Edited 10 years ago Link Quote Reply
Background Pony #4E7E Looks like blood on the birds beak - would make sense if its eating bugs or something like that Posted 10 years ago Report Link Quote Reply
Blissey1 @ElMachine there’s birds that do this kind of stuff with tons of large animals and there’s fish and shrimp that do the same thing with aquatic critters. like sharks. Posted 10 years ago Report Link Quote Reply
ElMachine Oopsie Doodles @iluvdawubz Very cool! I thought it was just alligators! Posted 10 years ago Report Link Quote Reply
iluvdawubz Very cute! In actuality, birds actually do this, and it helps other animals from getting ear infections. Cool huh? Posted 10 years ago Report Link Quote Reply
Thank you! Yes indeed!
Oxpecker Birds have a naturally colored red tip on their beaks. It’s not blood. But you are correct, they do eat bugs and parasites off of the hosts that they land on.
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there’s birds that do this kind of stuff with tons of large animals
and there’s fish and shrimp that do the same thing with aquatic critters. like sharks.
Very cool! I thought it was just alligators!
In actuality, birds actually do this, and it helps other animals from getting ear infections. Cool huh?