Friendship Day Aug 4, 2024

Friendship comes in all shapes and sizes. This impala and the red-billed oxpecker, pictured in South Africa, both get something out of buddying up. The oxpecker gets food by eating ticks from the impala"s skin, while the impala gets to stay clean.

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