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Greater honeyguides lead humans to wild beehives

The bird calls humans to trees and eats leftover beeswax.

In Sub-Saharan Africa, the greater honeyguide communicates with wild human honey hunters through distinct chatter calls. The bird guides hunters directly to active bees nests in trees, waiting patiently while humans smoke out bees and extract honey so it can feed on beeswax.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The bird calls humans to trees and eats leftover beeswax. The figure is taken from Encyclopædia Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a animals fact?: Yes. It sits on the Animals shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.