Introduction
Africa’s wildlife gets all the attention for good reason. But one of the strangest relationships there doesn’t make headlines. It’s the one between cattle peckers and the big animals they live on. This little bird with a sharp, pointed beak spends its whole life on zebras, giraffes, rhinos, and cattle. For a long time people called it a “healer”. Lately, science has shown the story is messier than that.
What is a Cattle Pecker?
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