When food become scarce, usually in dry period, the grass-eating small ground finch will pick blood-filled ticks from iguanas and tortoises, a service welcomed by the reptiles. They respond with outstretched necks and become motionless.

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Created by M.K.Ravishankar (mk_ravishankar@yahoo.com) on Sat Feb 16 17:16:16 2013