Sometimes getting a drink can be tough for a bird, but when youve got a buffalo to give you a lift its a right lark. For a mighty buffalo though a trip down to the water hole is a daily occurrence and thats even before it factors in having to run away from lions. So it wasnt an issue for this African buffalo when it let a tiny redbilled oxpecker hitch a ride on its snout as it took a cooling drink in Kwazulu-Natal game reserve, in South Africa. The oxpecker can be seen leaning off of its mighty host to have a good long drink 300km north of Durban, before sticking around when the buffalo had had its fill.
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