Have you considered a small bird called the oxpecker and its benefit to large African mammals? The oxpecker spends its day clinging to the backs of water buffaloes, rhinos, hippos, giraffes, and antelopes. Does it just like hitching rides? No, it is busy finding ticks and other parasites infecting the animal’s skin.
African animals are so comfortable having the oxpecker on board that they even allo…