Comments on: 7 Symbiotic Wonders of the Aerial World

By: More with less, less with less, or…zilch? « Nonprofit Periscope

More with less, less with less, or…zilch? « Nonprofit Periscope — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:33:51 +0000

[...] production that demonstrates this concept. Specialists in the animal world work together in symbiotic relationships to accomplish tasks they can’t do alone. (It also makes for cute pictures of hapless birds [...]

By: Phenomenal Wonders of the Animal World

Phenomenal Wonders of the Animal World — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:02:04 +0000

[...] hunt with sidekick fish, shrimp clean up eels and crabs use anemones as poisoned boxing gloves. In the air, some birds flit down to take scraps from the teeth of crocodiles while others sit comfortably on [...]

By: 7 Phenomenal Wonders of the Animal World « WickedEco

7 Phenomenal Wonders of the Animal World « WickedEco — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:12:01 +0000

By: alex

alex — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:49:23 +0000

Actually, the one about the oxpecker and the zebra is a myth as well. It has been pretty conclusively demonstrated that while the birds do eat some ticks their primary source of sustenance is blood, which they obtain by pecking at wounds to keep them open. Any benefit gained from the removal of a few ticks is more than offset by the blood drinking, which makes it more parasitism than symbiosis.
Some fact checking might have been nice…

By: Biochemical Soul » Adaptation of the Week - Bird/Crocodile Symbiosis?

Biochemical Soul » Adaptation of the Week - Bird/Crocodile Symbiosis? — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:15:32 +0000

[...] Earlier this week, thanks to the wonderful science & nature Twitter community, I followed a link from someone now forgotten to an article entitled “7 Symbiotic Wonders of the Aerial World.” [...]