Wart hog spa and massage (must see video)!

[Matthew Mussolini]

I'm amazed that the warthog knows, and the Mongoose knows , when it's appropriate to be doing this. Warthogs are very dangerous creatures! You don't want to f*** with them!

Animals are just way more intelligent than I thought, for them to communicate with another species the way they do, and know when it's okay to do such things.

Warthogs and mongooses are not the only animals where one species interacts with and does favors for another, and they know when it's appropriate to do so.

[Matthew Mussolini]

The tiny Egyptian plover has a relationship with the big, dangerous nile crocodile by walking into its open mouth, the croc keeps its mouth open while the bird picks out the old food stuck between the teeth of the croc. In saving tooth and gum problems in the croc the bird gets a free meal

[Matthew Mussolini]

The tiny Egyptian plover has a relationship with the big, dangerous nile crocodile by walking into its open mouth, the croc keeps its mouth open while the bird picks out the old food stuck between the teeth of the croc. In saving tooth and gum problems in the croc the bird gets a free meal

So how does the croc actually know the bird is doing him a service, and how does the bird know that the crock isn't going to hurt him/her?

I think it is a beautiful relationship, but if the crock is hungry, the bird is going to provide him nutrition. How the bird actually knows what it is doing is going to be safe, and how The crocodile knows the bird is doing it a service, is simply astonishing, perplexing, amazing!