Species: African Buffalo And Oxpecker | Location: Mala Mala Private Reserve, South Africa
The little Oxpecker is getting right in there, cleaning the Buffalo's nose.
The other Buffalo seems to be checking it out.
Oxpeckers feed on ectoparasites like ticks, small insects, botfly larvae, and other parasites.
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