Malice or memory lapse? Why honeyguides sometimes lead hunters to danger

Mongabay
May 6, 2025, 5:59 am319 pts
Researchers may have finally cracked the centuries-old mystery of why African honeyguide birds sometimes lead human honey-hunters to dangerous animals instead of bees: they could just be recall errors. Honeyguides (Indicator indicator) are famed for guiding honey-hunters to wild bees’ nests in exchange for…

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