Two blacksmith lapwings weren’t very impressed with their uninvited company, mobbing a dagga boy that had chosen to rest too close to their nest. Mobbing is a common defensive behavior where smaller birds band together or aggressively harass a much larger or dangerous animals to drive it away from their vulnerable chicks or nest. The “dagga boy” in question is an older, often solitary buffalo bull. These bulls earn the nickname from the mud (“dagga” in local slang) they love to wallow in, which