In the African savannah, whether it is a hippopotamus or a giraffe, they all stand on them a strange bird, and the animals and these birds live happily and harmoniously, forming a less serious relationship in the animal circle, this bird is the starling.
It is about 20 cm long, mainly living in Africa, the starling is divided into two species, the red-billed starling and the yellow-billed starling, the mouth of the red-billed starling is pure red, but the yellow-billed starling's mouth is not pure yellow, but half red and half yellow, its claws are unusually sharp, four toes three facing forward and one backward, which allows them to stand at any angle on the smooth animal, even when the animal moves, it can stand firmly on it.
In the summer African grassland, the "blood-sucking insect" tsetse fly is very active, the parasites they carry in their saliva can cause lethargy, people, cows and horses and other creatures, will be killed by this parasite, but nature will always give the animals a solution, so the starlings appear, every summer, the starlings will be in groups, appear on the back and head of the animals, this is not in the party, but for the parasites on these animals, bulky hippos are plagued by parasites, in the softness of the skin folds, There are often fleas vampires and ticks appear, making the hippopotamus miserable and helpless, at this time the starlings should show their skills, their unique claws, can be firmly fixed on the smooth skin of the hippopotamus, and then use the flat beak to peck at the parasites attached to the surface of the hippopotamus, one by one.
According to statistics, a cow starling can eat 100 bloodsuckers a day, and 13,000 larvae, which is a very scary data, and when the starling perches on a giraffe, or other hairy animals, it will also eat parasites at the same time, help animals comb hair, animals also understand, when the starling eats parasites, it will not disturb them, the starlings spend almost their lives on animals, even on animals, when building nests, they will also take away the hair on animals. To decorate their nests, they usually nest on the nests of discarded woodpeckers.
In the vast African grasslands, yellow-billed and red-billed starlings have become a peculiar landscape in the animal world, many times, they grasp the animals, hard work and "work", the animal's body is like a small boat, carrying these starling tourists, the starlings also follow them around, sometimes, the starlings will perform a "health care job", for example, a huge bison, the parasite crawls to the depths of its nostrils, itchy, it has eighteen martial arts, There is no trick that can go deep into the nostrils, fortunately, the savior came, two starlings put their small heads, flexibly into the nostrils of the bison, pecking in little by little, at this time the starlings are also very worried, afraid that the bison will blow them away with a sneeze, and the bison will relax after eating the bugs.
In addition to the role of health care doctors, the starling is also the most alert sentry, herbivores survive in the African steppe, the environment is extremely sinister, they must have a high degree of vigilance to face all kinds of ferocious carnivores, there are lions on land, crocodiles in the water, vultures on the top of their heads, there are animals on the sea, land and air that can put them to death, if they let down their vigilance when they nibble on grass, bathing and sleeping, without noticing the danger coming, minutes may become someone else's plate meal, and the starling never sleeps during the day, Can perceive the danger that animals cannot perceive, and after finding the danger, it will violently chirp to remind the animals, perhaps the starling also knows sustainable development, help animals survive, there will always be bugs to eat.
Insect grooming and alarm, although the starling is dutiful every day, it will also play a little of its own small calculations, when cleaning up the parasites, it will charge a little interest to the animals, but this interest is not unusual, it is not the kind that collects only meat, the animals often have some wounds, these wounds are not found well, as long as they are found by the starlings, it means that every day to face the continuous harassment of the starlings, the starlings will use their beaks to peck at these wounds, eat the parasites inside, and more importantly, to suck the blood of the animals. Because blood is more nutritious to them, they will make the animal's wound enlarge, they are full of food and drink, but the animal is not happy, and once the animal's wound is found, it will basically say goodbye and heal.
Starlings are very sinister, they will peck at these mouths every day, do not let them heal, because the torn wounds, can attract more parasites, so that they have enough food every day, but the animals are not happy, so the animals began to think of ways to cope, such as hippos, starlings stand on its back every time to peck the wound, but he has no hands, can not reach the back, so he can only use his tail or ears, patting the water on the back, trying to scare away the starlings, but the starlings are old lai, do not care about your set, So the angry hippopotamus, will pull, let the tail sweep the to drive away the starlings, but this is only temporary, the starlings will soon gather again to complete their blood-sucking cause, when the blood sucking is serious, it will infect the animal's wounds, and even lead to animal death, but even so, the animals can only endure silently, who makes them very useful, good things and bad things let the starling do, but this is the survival of the starling.
