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March 31, 2025

A Synergetic, Odd and Old Alliance Between a Human and a Bird

By Ndaba Sibanda

A Synergetic, Odd and Old Alliance Between a Human and a Bird

A wildlife lover witnesses an interspecific interface between a human
and a feral feathered friend. So, the honey hunter is no fiend, that man!
In the forest, he sees a symbiotic, bold bond between a human and a bird.
The sightseer hears a playful, peculiar voice of a honey hunter in the wild.
The wanderer wonders how a honey searcher’s singular shriek could swerve
the Greater Honeyguide to flap down, hum away and guide him to a beehive!
It turns out that the honeyguide’s co-evolution with humans isn’t a new tradition.
It has always led the honey hunter to a bee's nest, the leftover beeswax is its attraction.



Greater Honeyguide



Image by Wilferd Duckitt CC-BY-2.0 via Wikimedia

Article © Ndaba Sibanda. All rights reserved.
Published on 2025-03-31
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