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Small oxpecker birds feed off ticks and parasites living in the hide of the giraffe's neck pictured in the fields Masai Mara on December 2017 in Kenya. An acclaimed wildlife photographer has captured incredible images of small oxpecker birds eating parasites from a giraffe's neck. German photographer Ingo Gerlach took the pictures while snapping the giraffes at a waterhole in the Masai Mara in Kenya in December 2017. Oxpeckers derive their name from their habit of perching on large mammals such as zebras, cattle and rhinos and eating ticks, larvae and other parasites from their bodies. As Ingo photographed the giraffe he noticed the oxpeckers eating parasites from the giraffe's neck, before moving up to its head. Eventually this giraffe grew tired of its visitors and scared them off with a violent shaking of the head. (Photo by Ingo Gerlach/Barcroft Images)
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