[photo 1: A Greater Honeyguide feeds on honeycomb in South Africa.  Photo: Nigel J. Dennis/Gallo Images/Corbis. From Audubon.]

[photo 2: A Yao honey-hunter in Mozambique holds a honeyguide bird. Photo: Claire Spottiswoode/University of Cape Town. From New Scientist.]

from New Scientist magazine: Honeyguide birds respond to special calls from human honey-hunters

Excerpt: "People from multiple cultures in Africa have unique sounds [my note: later described in the text as "bird-like whistles" of the Hadza honey-hunters, and "trill-grunts" of the Yao honey-hunters] that they use to communicate with honeyguide birds, and the birds recognise these signals as an invitation to cooperate.

"Greater honeyguides (Indicator indicator) lead humans to bees’ nests so that honey-hunters will break them open. While the humans collect the honey, the birds feast on beeswax and larvae."

The full research article, written by Claire Spottiswoode and Brian Wood, Culturally determined interspecies communication between humans and honeyguides, was published in Volume 382, Issue 6675 of Science.

Tasso del miele che attacca un elefante. L’elegante reagisce con varie tremende pedate. E il tasso del miele, ogni volta che si riprende dal colpo, ricomincia ad attaccare l’elefante.

Il tasso del miele è famoso per la ferocia dei suoi attacchi anche di animali di taglia ben più grossa della sua. È amico solo dell’uccello indicatore, un parassita di cova (come il cuculo) che è ghiotto di api e cera. Solo che non può distruggere un alveare da solo. Allora lo indica al tasso del miele che lo rompe e poi banchettano entrambi.

November 28, 2016 - Greater Honeyguide (Indicator indicator)

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