00:03this for the uninitiated is a honey badger and this is what's known as a honey guide bird as
00:09their names might indicate they're known for their love of natural bee products now according to
00:14researchers these two creatures work together to get it in what can only be described as a
00:18remarkable example of interspecies teamwork the issue is that honey guide birds know where to
00:23find the sweet sweet honey but actually only want the waxy honeycomb and have trouble breaking into
00:27the hives to get it that's why they've teamed up with the more muscularly capable honey badgers
00:32leading them to a hive where the badgers may enjoy the honey leaving the comb behind for the birds
00:36so how are the birds communicating with the badgers a particular group of honey hunters in tanzania say
00:42they've seen the cooperation before explaining they've witnessed the birds approaching the badgers
00:46first the issue with capturing that interaction is that humans would have to be there and honey guide
00:51birds also use human honey hunters to get into beehives hence their nomenclature but the researchers
00:56say it's likely no coincidence that they're all in tanzania suggesting that this particular subset of
01:01badgers may have passed down the notion of following honey guide birds learning and developing a similar
01:05relationship with the honey guides that humans have also cultivated
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