How Honey-Guide Birds
Talk to People
Talk to People
By following honeyguides, a species of bird, people in Africa are able to locate bees’ nests to harvest honey. Research now reveals that humans use special calls to solicit the help of honey guides and that honeyguides actively recruit appropriate human partners.
This
relationship is a rare example of cooperation between humans and free-living animals.
Honey Guide Bird
Amazing BBC Documentary
Amazing BBC Documentary
See BBSRC press release here:
More details in the University of Cambridge press release:
The project was funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) in the UK and the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence at the FitzPatrick Institute in South Africa.
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