Djuma: Oxpecker working hard on young Impala's ear -

[@chizzzy911]

Who is here after the crows eating ticks off kangaroos?

[@mybluebelly]

I`m here after being out to lunch.

[@loudmouf9246]

Yo chizzy me bro

[@samanthawhang7498]

🙋🏻‍♀️

[@ArieteArmsRAMLITE]

Yup. Reminded me to bush hog my paddock to keep the ticks down.

[@teeroux]

KZbin algorithm rng delivers again

[@titansshallreturn5894]

Young impala : mom my ear itch Mother impala: okay today I am taking you to the birds

[@pietekoo5559]

No please don't. Last time he hurt me so much.

[@titansshallreturn5894]

@@pietekoo5559 we are going and I don't want to hear it.

[@september758]

Birds: *in a french accent* HOHOHOON! YeS yes yes inDEED you've got a TICKS problem iT SEEMS, let me get it out for YOUN!

[@sharellecountz2600]

😂😂😂😂

[@namelessking8905]

They also drink blood and can cause more harm then the ticks they eat. This one was repeatedly going for the same spot. It may be going after the blood directly.

[@greglarry11]

They are vampires.

[@byronpaul19]

I'm sure most people know but in case you don't these birds will also peck until they cause a bleeding wound upon which they will feed. So they are not wholly symbiotic.

[@malaysianman5941]

I think its pretty clear tht the bird is not picking away ticks, if u notice, its picking at the same spot over and over, its picking away at a wound in the ear.

[@Myuutsuu85]

Yeah, Oxpeckers are actually assholes. Though to be fair, I do not know if this applies to all species.

[@maisie2730]

A lot of cleaner species, whether is be birds or fish will obviously clean ticks and parasites, but they will also create wounds to drink blood. There's a really interesting research paper on cleaner fish (blinies I believe) and the frequency of this behaviour when with fish that would and wouldn't allow it.

[@TarsonTalon]

If there are no ticks, ya gotta do what ya gotta do. The deer probably lets it because it can't tell whether or not there is a tick.

[@WC3fanatic997]

HisSpeedBullet posted this: "Oxpeckers will sit on certain mammals and target the ticks and other small parasites found on the skin and in the coats of these animals. Oxpeckers’ bills are especially adapted to their lifestyle. The bills are pointed as well as laterally compressed which helps the birds work their way through the coats of the mammals in a comb-like fashion and to pry out well embedded parasites. The birds are also known to help clean-up open wounds. What they are after around the open sore is the rotting wound tissue. Oxpeckers are quite efficient at cleaning these lesions." Not sure how accurate but I dont see why not, the birds wouldn't want to intentionally hurt the animals since they'd be getting free, easily acquired food from them on a regular basis anyway.

[@nightlightabcd]

I was starting to think that to.

[@Hakuna_Matata_Cx]

the color of the eyes and beak on that "oxpecker" are wild.

[@nightlightabcd]

That is quite a bird, isn't it?

[@starbreed1624]

Some would wish those colors on their dinner late

[@focuswildlife5621]

Oh yes!🤩

[@Tritiuminducedfusion]

Everything is "wild" to you tards. 🙄🤡

[@jplq995]

This bird is drinking blood : he stays at the same place again and again ; it's a vampire 🧛‍♂️ bird

[@Myuutsuu85]

There are still a lot of people who are unaware about the Oxpecker's true nature.

[@greglarry11]

They are vampires.

[@obnoxiouspriest]

What, peckin' on ungulates?

[@yes333yes]

When you think it's a pimple but you just found a new mole...

[@jamiesteele698]

The Oxpecker has made a cut in it’s ear and is feeding on the blood

[@7xXSE7ENXx7]

lol yup.

[@eltonmunizmarinho_slaGirtab]

These birds look like Buphagus africanus and Buphagus erythrorhynchus (are hematophagous bird species).

[@scottscott232]

What fantastic camerawork - Insane clarity.

[@julianfleming5627]

It has to be sipping blood from and open cut. I’ve seen crows pick ticks off of cows faster than that and the crows didn’t peck at the same spot continuously. So it has to be taken blood.

[@crypastesomemore8348]

He’s picking away at the dead tissue around the wound, not the blood

[@bildabonkher6452]

@@crypastesomemore8348 "but it is of no benefit to the host. By the time an oxpecker eats a fully engorged female blue tick, it has already bitten the host, passed on any diseases it is carrying, drained all the blood it is going to take"

[@Cheesus-Sliced]

@@bildabonkher6452 it's of benefit to every animal though, because once engorged they lay thousands of eggs.

[@Tritiuminducedfusion]

​@@Cheesus-SlicedWhat does that have to do with pecking at the dead tissue? 🙄

[@Cheesus-Sliced]

@Tritiuminducedfusion nothing, its in reference to ticks.

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

Pretty birds with really wild colored eyes !!

[@ABACUStoPC]

Most probably the bird's not eating ticks but rather drinking blood from an open wound, as it's keep going for the same spot again and again. 2:15 it just looks like vampire

[@zerooath]

Great work by this fella. Very patient and helpful with his client. Impala better have slid him a $20.

[@joeywall4657]

This is very relaxing to watch.

[@greglarry11]

It is also disturbing. Ox peckers are vampires and will not quit.

[@ryeckley7267]

Incredible footage

[@ultramanxk7]

Those oxpeckers do a mighty fine job cleaning thicks off!

[@mem5567]

Cuteness to the fullest he knows he is helping him. Sooo cute luv nature

[@marungadzinndevhelaho5329]

relaxing and enjoying scratching.

[@fitt4393]

Ikr

[@jrag1000]

yeah, it's relieving the Impala, which can't scratch or pick at an annoyingly itchy wound, the impala only flinches when the bird hits a painful spot.

[@savenaturesavebird8423]

Omg nice captured 👌👌👌

[@samuelbeckley4813]

What's it pecking on the same spot that seems plentiful that we can't see ?...

[@KingOfGamesss]

Ticks, Mites, Lice and Fleas

[@suvivasqwibqwib4083]

They open up wounds to drink blood, apparently when there are not enough ticks. So I'm guessing that's what's going..

[@KingOfGamesss]

@@suvivasqwibqwib4083 Sometimes

[@nickbrooks7171]

Science is not considering this a good bird bc they keep the injured alive by not letting the blood coagulate .

[@KingOfGamesss]

@@nickbrooks7171 Nature always finds a way to balance itself eventually, survival of the fittest

[@tembarai1389]

Beautiful video watching from Scotland

[@charliebrownsd]

That has to feel sooooooo good!

[@charliebrownsd]

@@tripplefives1402 Ah, didn't know they drink blood as well. Makes sense.

[@charliebrownsd]

@@tripplefives1402 Very cool, man, you are really knowledgeable, are you a biologist or naturalist? Usually I know this kind of stuff, but not very familiar with this bird, obviously.

[@charliebrownsd]

@@tripplefives1402 Sounds like a good hobby, much worse things you could do with your time than learn

[@Myuutsuu85]

@@tripplefives1402 There are yellow-beaked Oxpeckers and red-beaked ones. The beak color might be natural. But otherwise you are indeed correct. Those birds are vampires, in a way.

[@ahoj6614]

Adorable little helper

[@WalkingHatTV]

There are a lot of small ticks at the edge of this impala's ear

[@mreza84]

That is a very good jab Oxpecker.

[@ЕвгенияВалентиновна-г6х]

И козочка, и птичка - просто прелесть!

[@tamakmala4937]

Good natural doctor

[@BouncyBunny-h2v]

Its drinking blood from the open wound it has created.

[@wdg8184]

The bird is a renowned ENT specialist in animal kingdom

[@copkhan007]

Hey Doc how does that ear look? Well, I cleaned as much as i could but you really need to take care of personal hygiene.

[@megamoneyk]

Omg I clean my ears every day. Crows are the best. It's not like they have cotton swabs and fingers to clean thier own ears.

[@Animal_Life_Channel]

Amazing

[@paquijimenezzafra6441]

Que bonitos son los pájaros y que picó más rojo👏👏👏👏👏🇪🇦💔💃🏻

[@TotoyDestiny]

Are these birds can see what they eating?

[@mertbehindyou]

Such beautiful creatures of God

[@johnniejames9799]

The balance that GOD has created in nature is so amazing!

[@jaydan6282]

Good job!!!👍

[@momthegreatest]

Oxpecker is like an ENT specialist who will not leave one patient till he gets another.

[@rumpelstilskinnie]

Naw its a bloodsucking bird 😂

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

I think towards the end there he was just eating the impala's ear.

[@Siddartha-x5b]

Nature has such a balance

[@gustengrodslukare4600]

Amazing👍

[@traningday]

Those birds are the vampires of the bird world.

[@DieFlabbergast]

Do the impalas have to make an appointment?

[@haroonrashid9900]

That's what you call a great ENT/Skin specialist: An oxpecker

[@alexanderSydneyOz]

"thanks, but other ear now please"

[@joelmartin2549]

Hey Oxpecker I don’t think that’s a bug you are trying to eat.

[@peterpresutti4064]

How did birds find out that other animals had bugs on them?

[@sparra3819]

These birds specialise in picking insects like ticks and fleas off animals like antelope and buffalo. Not sure how they originally figured it out though : D

[@keylifeproductions997]

Why is it so relaxing to watch Ox peckers annoy the hell out these animals 🤔 ?

[@mahadow1]

Is the bird annoying the young impala or is it grooming it ?

[@focuswildlife5621]

Let's say both😆 bird is helping impala,cause It eats parasites on Impala's head. And Impala is letting the bird to have nice meal!

[@marieslabbert6009]

The impala's ear is hurting after a while, but the bird keeps drilling away!

[@mrvapor4791]

The bird is a vampire.

[@joefloyd2574]

The bird wants blood

[@sahidislam7623]

All the creations of our almighty Allah,s are wonderful !

[@edioficial7782]

muito lindo os bichonhos

[@stoopidbastid6420]

I had a Chevy Impala years back and the birds never cleaned that. Quite the opposite really.

[@reemmasri7705]

What a cutee little vampire

[@graveydavey0074]

Funny. Bird hits the same spot ?

[@prakashghadge2854]

Bird as hair dresser: please do not move or else you will be troubled. Deer as customer: never mind.

[@realface2476]

The feeling is just like Stirling your ears with feathers .

[@dougg4633]

Can You Hear Me Now?

[@matteussartre1621]

She or he is so beautiful. * -*

[@typingcat]

This bird species always gives me a creep. Look at the eyes. They are up to something...

[@tosgem]

They are. They pretend to clean parasites but open up wounds further and drink blood

[@eltonmunizmarinho_slaGirtab]

These birds look like Buphagus africanus and Buphagus erythrorhynchus (are hematophagous bird species).

[@Guayabero1977]

I guess it did not know there was another ear.

[@TruthTriumphs777]

I wanted it to go for the other ear

[@ransomdaniels8395]

"...i just dropped in for a snack a d this was the only open table...."😊

[@BlackLove76]

Ticks: “ NOOO!! WHAT ARE THE ODDS??!?’ WHAT ARE THE ODDSSSS!??!?!?!??!! “

[@ruqayyahnadhmi407]

THX🌺🌺🌺

[@Natureindica]

Natural doctor is here😊😊

[@MarceloLima-vj4ze]

Jeova Deus fez todas as coisas de modo correto...!😍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@yixnorb5971]

Tell your teacher your'e doing a report on oxpeckers and see if she looks surprised.

[@dubinyansky]

Что она делает?

[@gibbs-13]

oxpeckers' eyes are like zombies from "28 days later..."

[@timeshark8727]

Oxpeckers don't only eat ticks and other pests. They are more than happy to nip pieces of skin and flesh off too for a quick snack. Hitting the same spot over and over like that isn't the bird working on a tick... its the bird pecking at an open wound.

[@williamgatewood4584]

Timeshark I was about to say the same thing if it was a tick he bern ate it. He’s nipping on a open wound

[@MMD-z6z]

Oxpecker`s are God's (Allah`s) gift to Animals who do not have hands.

[@VortekStarling]

He was really going in on that one ear.

[@rayrobinson4820]

Its eating parasites and fleas so it's kind of like an doctor in a way....or is he?

[@lisaparder24]

Those birds keep the wounds open to attract more parasites. They aren't really good doctors...

[@nicholaswiseguy2906]

They also feed on the animals blood so their not just feeding on parasites their actually a parasite themselves just like the ticks they eat are.

[@mem5567]

Natures wild doctors 😆

[@jtg408]

hold on impala , I AM trying to help you ! I GOT YOU !

[@sparra3819]

WhAt is in her ear?? 😆

[@panda_0078]

Ticks

[@ohlamaria697]

Some rumors

[@JR-ij9sx]

@@ohlamaria697 lool

[@travelwithsaidkhayri.8042]

Insects

[@Vico649]

Open wound. Bird was drinking the blood off it.

[@SandeepNagarkoti]

This is called symbiotic relationship.

[@Myuutsuu85]

It is actualy more closer parasitism unfortunately. What ever the Oxpecker does, it is not to the benefit of the Impala. Most likely it is in fact damaging. If it does peck away some ticks, it is more a happy coincidence, but they are mostly after animal blood (wich they do get over the ticks, if they are bloated already, but they often create their own source by pecking open a wound)

[@pinoyheartbeat7245]

I need oxpeckers for my dogs.

[@goldenmodem8722]

Makes me think they should make some sort of super hero team or super villain duo that has this sort of relationship that ties into their super powers...

[@tee9856]

Ohhhhhh 😍

[@urbn8699]

If you’ve ever had someone rip off a bandaid; imagine it’s a tick and has pinched its claws into you and then someone else comes along and rips it out with their teeth?

[@DynV]

I don't care if you don't like it, these are MY snacks in your ears!

[@mikewakefield8994]

All but a symbiotic relationship here

[@flathead7922]

Those red eyes tho...

[@butthurt8]

It’s because they drink blood from ear

[@BlurSentinel]

This one ear must be a gold mine of ticks.

[@lixus2024]

It's like science fiction !

[@cubehire3653]

I suspect the Impala was very ill and that's why it was hardly moving, not because it knew the bird was helping it. I have seen several videos like this of birds feeding off tics from ungulates. They hardly move because they are likely about to die. Nature is tough.

[@anne-mariem-edwards1929]

It must be a one stubborn tick

[@AP-wv7xm]

That one ear lol and he gives it to him lol

[@paquijimenezzafra6441]

Ahiii hay cochura y betas 👌👌👌👌👌👏👏👏👏👏👏🇪🇦💔💃🏻

[@TheJunglecrab]

Green (Red-billed) Wood-Hoopoes going full tilt in the background 🎼

[@xenotbbbeats7209]

That bird, the Oxpecker, doesn't look real.

[@treed5679]

Those crows were actually looking for ticks these things are vampires

[@ernestsmothers8355]

i wish that the people at the DMV worked this hard.

[@tokovictor168]

i think the bird sucking the blood from the wound

[@robineast6446]

That bird keeps pecking in the same place. That’s got to hurt after awhile.

[@FernandoBS.]

Isso que é uma conversa ao pé do ouvido.

[@nilvaalves7816]

Kkk que lindo 😀😀👏👏

[@fproszek]

I've read of moose that go insane from blood loss because of mosquitos and ticks. The sheer horror of dying like that.