Tuesday, 6 May 2014

Prey in its mouth; But doesn't harm them!! - Crocodiles

Are you scared of "deadly crocodiles"? Well, its quite obvious that each one of us are really scared of it. But its a thing of easy going for Egyptian Plover(Called Crocodile Bird). This bird would rather tweet you saying "Hey!, you better delete the word 'deadly', replacing it by 'friendly'". Its the fact that there is a symbiotic bond between crocodiles and Plover bird. Crocodiles sits along the shores with its mouth open wide, while these Plovers fly into the crocodiles mouth, cleaning bits of meat wastes lodged in between its teeth. It's natural phenomenon that happens. Neither the Crocodile nor the bird hurt each other.
A Plover in Crocodile's mouth
We humans use tooth paste, brush etc to square away germs from our teeth. But crocodiles uses nature's beauty and availability as its lonely opportunity to get its mouth washed out. Being a ferocious animal, it has its own relationship with Egyptian Plover. Crocodile's unwanted prickly meat is an ever prepared delicious food for Plover birds. 
Watch Plover birds busy at it's cleaning job!

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