Laura Erickson's For the Birds

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Tickbirds make The Onion

Rhino, Tickbird Stuck In Dead-End Symbiotic Relationship

The Onion

Rhino, Tickbird Stuck In Dead-End Symbiotic Relationship

POLOKWANE, SOUTH AFRICA—"We just go through the motions and there's hardly any communication. I get on top and take the parasites off while he just lays there," the tickbird said.