Observe a tower of giraffes feeding on acacia leaves and oxpeckers combing giraffes' coats for parasites

Observe a tower of giraffes feeding on acacia leaves and oxpeckers combing giraffes' coats for parasites

Giraffes filmed on the African savanna

The giraffe's long tongue allows it to feed on leaves of the thorny acacia tree. Birds called oxpeckers search the giraffe's skin, eating parasites such as ticks.

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