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Red-billed Oxpeckers
(
Buphagus erythrorhynchus
) feeding on
ticks
found on this
impala
(
Aepyceros melampus
), an example of
mutualism
, which is defined as the way two organisms
biologically interact
where each individual derives a
fitness
benefit (i.e., increased reproductive output). Here, the birds gain food while the impala becomes free of
parasites
.
Photo:
Muhammad Mahdi Karim
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