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Why do red-billed oxpeckers and large herd animals represent mutualism?


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The herd animals eat the oxpeckers when threatened

Oxpeckers lay eggs in the herd animals' fur

Oxpeckers get food (ticks) and the herd animals get pest control

Oxpeckers give the herd animals a ride but take their skin

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Oxpeckers get food (ticks) and the herd animals get pest control — both species benefit, so it's mutualism.