Auto-clean system

The East African Cape Buffalo has a very interesting, and natural cleaning system! The Yellow-billed oxpecker - bird! With as many as 10-15 birds climbing around on this huge animal's body, they pick away at the ticks, and tick larva - 1,000's each day per bird!

Keeps life clean and healthy for the buffalo, and the birds make for a nice decoration placed nicely on a somewhat obnoxious looking beast!

Raymond in Tanzania.

Cape Buffalo and Yellow-billed Oxpeckers
Raymond Barlow Photo Tours to Tanzania Wildlife and Nature

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Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/400s f/5.6 at 400.0mm iso320