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MizzBassie@MissingThePt Great photo. Do you know that those birds pick parasites off the elephant?
Laux Myth (aka Martin)@MizzBassie @MissingThePt It can get more complex than that. If an open cut happens, the birds will keep it open to drink the blood coming out. Seldom a big problem for the think hides of elephants and rhinos but they are brutal to giraffe and antelope. Mutualism while you wait to be a parasite has no word in English.
Mark Whybird@whybird @MizzBassie @MissingThePt
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@lauxmyth @MizzBassie @MissingThePt Steve Huffman, CEO of Reddit who recently stabbed all third party apps in the back in a way that could definitely be portrayed as mutualism turning to parasitism, goes by “Spez” on the platform (or in reddit username style, u/spez.)