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A Burchell's zebra and a cattle egret at the Rietvlei Nature Reserve in South Africa

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A Burchell's zebra and a cattle egret at the Rietvlei Nature Reserve in South Africa (© Richard Du Toit/Minden Pictures)

We can all just get along

On this day when we honor all the world's species and their interdependence, the Burchell's zebra and the cattle egret give us a great example of commensalism, a type of symbiosis in which one species gets a benefit without helping or hurting the other species: As the zebra grazes in the grass, it stirs up insects for the egret to eat.
© Richard Du Toit/Minden Pictures