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14th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Colaboration Oxpecker and Zebra

While the zebra is eating, the oxpecker lands on the zebras back and eats all the ticks and other parasites on the zebras back. Also when they're is danger around, the oxpecker fly's upward and screams as a warning which helps the zebra.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2016
Date Uploaded: 11.2016
Photo Location: Johannesberg, South Africa
Camera: NIKON D7000
Copyright: © Sahasrangshu Choudhury