Birding the Ndumo area, South Africa
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 22, 2022
On the other hand, their preferred food is blood, and they also feed on it directly, pecking at a mammal’s wounds to keep them open ( source ). On this trip, this forced me to participate in a side trip to the nearby Tembe Elephant Park. On the one hand, an adult will take nearly 100 blood-engorged female ticks in a day.
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