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- noun Plural form of
oxpecker .
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Examples
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Le Roux says the reintroduction of oxpeckers is gaining momentum.
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Le Roux says the reintroduction of oxpeckers is gaining momentum.
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Generations of cattle owners who dipped their livestock in pesticides ended up killing not only the ticks that feast on them, but also the red-billed oxpeckers that eat the ticks.
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The ticks carry a host of illnesses including red water disease, a common killer of cattle, but are harmless to oxpeckers.
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Sandile Naki, 18, roamed his village hunting oxpeckers with a slingshot when he was younger.
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Seniors at a high school in Timbavati Game reserve in northern South Africa are also helping by educating schoolmates and villages not to interfere with oxpeckers and their eggs, Le Roux said.
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Generations of cattle owners who dipped their livestock in pesticides ended up killing not only the ticks that feast on them, but also the red-billed oxpeckers that eat the ticks.
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Sandile Naki, 18, roamed his village hunting oxpeckers with a slingshot when he was younger.
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Generations of cattle owners who dipped their livestock in pesticides ended up killing not only the ticks that feast on them, but also the red-billed oxpeckers that eat the ticks.
Operation Oxpecker: Red-Billed Oxpeckers Rediscovered By Cowherds As Natural Debugger, Replacement For Toxic Pesticide Cattle Dips The Huffington Post News Editors 2010
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Seniors at a high school in Timbavati Game reserve in northern South Africa are also helping by educating schoolmates and villages not to interfere with oxpeckers and their eggs, Le Roux said.
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