Why Honeyguide Birds "Talk" To Humans

Posted by Queuebot in Animal, Video Clips on August 16, 2009 at 1:54 am



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The Kenyan honeyguide bird has an unusual and very remarkable behavior: it engages in an interspecies collaboration with humans to locate African bee colonies. In exchange for their guide service, the birds then share the harvest of the recovered honey.

Sir David Attenborough explains in this very interesting BBC clip titled Talking to Strangers.

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4 comments to "Why Honeyguide Birds "Talk" To Humans"

  1. MissMortimer
    August 16th, 2009 at 2:10 am

    Mr. Attenborough is a guru, and this is amazing!

  2. anonymoussss
    August 16th, 2009 at 1:36 pm

    maybe people trained them?

  3. o0st0ned0o
    August 16th, 2009 at 3:23 pm

    It does'nt just guide humans, it also guides other large mammals fit to take on a beehive. Perhaps badgers.

  4. Haywood Jabloeme
    August 17th, 2009 at 1:22 pm

    That is BEEautiful


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