The Egyptian plover, a wader sometimes called the crocodile bird, is alleged to have a symbiotic relationship with the Nile crocodile, flying by as the crocs' mouths are open to drop bits of meat into them, feeding them. They share adaptations such as that they both wade for food.
The reason crocodiles don't eat the plover is because the plover cleans the crocodile's teeth by picking out things stuck between its teeth like floss. Since this is mutual the crocodile gets its teeth cleaned and the plover gets food.
The bird is called the Egyptian plover or crocodile bird. It is known for its symbiotic relationship with crocodiles where it cleans their teeth, possibly to feed on parasites or food particles. This behavior is also seen as a form of mutual benefit for both species.
The Plover bird picks lice off of the crocodile.
the birds is prey and the crocodile is predator and that my answer
The egyptian plover
The plover rids the crocodile of flies and parasites in its skin, and in return, the crocodile gives the plover protection from its predators, as not many animals will approach them !
The reason crocodiles don't eat the plover is because the plover cleans the crocodile's teeth by picking out things stuck between its teeth like floss. Since this is mutual the crocodile gets its teeth cleaned and the plover gets food.
scraps of meat in between nile crocodile's teeth
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The name of that bird is Egyptian Plover
a plover cleans a crocodile's teeth.
The bird is called the Egyptian plover or crocodile bird. It is known for its symbiotic relationship with crocodiles where it cleans their teeth, possibly to feed on parasites or food particles. This behavior is also seen as a form of mutual benefit for both species.
The toothpick birdA classic example of symbiosis is the relationship between the fierce African crocodile and the small blackbird plover. It is truly a case of the mouse helping the lion, the relationship between the crocodile and the plover. As it happens, the tiny bird helps the crocodile by removing tiny morsels of food from in between the crocodile's teeth. And what does the bird do with the food thus picked? Eat them, of course. This two-way symbiotic relationship has resulted in a special bond between one of the fiercest creatures and a tiny little one.
The Plover bird picks lice off of the crocodile.
Two symbiotic relationships in wetlands are the relationship between the Egyptian Plover and the American Alligator. Another relationship is alga living off of lichens.
(a)Egyptian plover (crocodile bird) (b) Oxpecker (c) Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (d) Remora
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