Kenyan Honeyguide Birds Work with Humans to Find Beehives

Not just at sea do humans profit from helping creatures. The Kenyan Honeyguide is any sweet tooth's best buddy in the air. Furthermore, it is one of the few wild creatures that actively interacts with the people they assist. In truth, people are able to respond immediately. It's strange, yet it's also well-known. The honeyguide bird does what its name says. They will guide people to hidden beehives full of honey, frequently without any prodding.

The Yao people of Mozambique can make a simple noise to call the wild birds, and they will reply. When their human spouses arrive, they will show them the way to the sweet stuff. When they arrive, someone will destroy the hive and steal the honey. They leave behind wax and bee larva, which the bird can consume. Although there is evidence of a connection between humans and birds dating back to 1588, for many years researchers who didn't bother to truly investigate it believed it to be a fabrication or plain fraud.