by Raptor Llama » Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:02 pm
Oh, I just found a book on real interspecies alliances. So, In case your interested:
Ostriches and zebras team up sometimes. The Ostrich can see far and is a warning for the zebra when predators are coming nearby. They usually graze together occasionaly.
Oxpeckers (a type of bird) and several big savanah animals like the rhinoceros. The bird(s) go on the host and eat irritating bugs and clean cuts. They can also alert the hosts of danger. Occasionaly their becking opens wounds for the host, which makes the host snap at them or rub against trees.
Honeyguides (a bird, again) like to eat bees. So sometimes it gets Honey Badgers to follow them so the honey badger can rip the hive open and both can eat.
these are only a few examples. Things like crocodiles sometimes let birds in their mouth to clean their teeth. Sometimes it's bugs helping vertabae, other times it's two species of birds. Not that this really is very useful, but it's interesting.
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