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Show 1 , j I' Bird Friend of the Rhinocero The rhinoceros bird is a little bird, ; about the size of a thrush, with which the rhinoceros makes friends. The bird perches on the animal's head or broad back, nd hops about devouring the insects and vermin which torture j the huge beast. These birds are also ' believed to warn the rhinoceros of ap-proaching ap-proaching danger, because they fre-1 fre-1 (piently have been observed running about the animal's head, flapping their wings and uttering shrill, warning miles, the beast seeming to uuder-nand uuder-nand their meaning. |