Black Rhinos
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Red-bellied Oxpeckers are Indeed Black Rhinos' Body-guards Against Humans
A study on Black Rhinos (Diceros bicornis) revealed what the Swahili knows all along: red-bellied oxpeckers (Buphagus erythrorhynchus), traditionally known in Swahili as Askari wa kifaru, or 'the rhino's guard" are indeed the rhino's body-guards.
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