Buffaloes are often accompanied by hitchhiking oxpeckers. These birds spend much of their time feasting on ticks & other parasites embedded in the skin of the slow-moving mammals. Oxpeckers will also drink blood from open wounds and, in rarely seen cases, may even nest on the backs of buffaloes. As you can hear, these unusual friends also emit a loud scream when they spot predators. Buffalo are alerted to possible danger & can guard themselves, vulnerable young & herd more closely. Oxpeckers sha