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BBC Talking to Strangers: Honey Birds

Believe it or not, also called honeyguides, these birds communicate with humans. They guide humans, and possibly other large mammals (such as the Honey Badger) to bee colonies. Once the mammal opens the hive and takes the honey, the bird feeds on the remaining wax and larvae. This clip is from a BBC series called "Trials of Life" and the episode is called "Talking to Strangers"

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yepitsbooker : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

yepitsbooker

17 votes NegativePositive

270 days 11 hours ago...

haha the bird whisperer, pretty cool stuff

rocknrollray : LVL 23: VP 3.2: said:

rocknrollray

51 votes NegativePositive

269 days ago...

I want a bird that will lead me to marijuana :D

iamxyj : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

iamxyj

16 votes NegativePositive

268 days 19 hours ago...

Hoh Lee Shit. That`s amazing.

gr0g : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

gr0g

3 votes NegativePositive

264 days 17 hours ago...

Amazing, back in the day the bird would have to observe humans taking the honey, then figure out that the left over honey was also edible and a new source of food.

Enigma90 : LVL 9: VP 1.8: said:

Enigma90

1 votes NegativePositive

264 days 16 hours ago...

I would love to be David Attenborough

hitman200 : LVL 27: VP 3.6: said:

hitman200

3 votes NegativePositive

264 days 15 hours ago...

Dude I want to have some of that fresh honey!

Sir spanks-a-lot : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

Sir spanks-a-lot

3 votes NegativePositive

264 days 14 hours ago...

that is freaking amazing.

and... OMG that`d be way too sweet. I mean, he took a huge bite out of that....
...
... is he british?

edit:

i only said the british thing because british candy is uber-sweet. it`s like 99% sugar, almost overpowering-ly sweet (dude, just look at their teeth. I mean, how can you be world-famous for having bad teeth and still be offended by such a comment?). i`ve been there, and i only had one bite of their candy. that was enough to ruin it for me.

anybody seen the monty python thing where they`re advertising their 99% (or something like that) sugar-based toothpaste?

Katsuro : LVL 28: VP 3.7: said:

Katsuro

7 votes NegativePositive

264 days 10 hours ago...

David Attenborough always gets an automatic 5/5.

MANWHORE : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

MANWHORE

-5 votes NegativePositive

264 days 9 hours ago...

& Enigma : you saying you`d like to be an old man with a wrinkly willy?

Or do you actually mean you`d like to have his job?

julianvdv : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

julianvdv

-2 votes NegativePositive

264 days 6 hours ago...

SO GODDAMN COOL!

Nightshift : LVL 2: VP 1.1: said:

Nightshift

3 votes NegativePositive

264 days 5 hours ago...

I`m amazed at how effective that weed was with the bees

demontrace : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

demontrace

1 votes NegativePositive

263 days 21 hours ago...

^ Well given he didn`t start choking it back up, I`m guessing it IS edible.

wizguy34 : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

wizguy34

1 votes NegativePositive

263 days 17 hours ago...

Go to a grocery store and buy some honey in the comb. Most sell it. I am from upstate New York and I can find it all over the state.

inchworm : LVL 10: VP 1.9: said:

inchworm

4 votes NegativePositive

263 days 16 hours ago...

i love watching movies about the birds and the bees.

LaLush : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

LaLush

0 votes NegativePositive

263 days 14 hours ago...

@Hogo
You can chew it like gum

Slurm anyone?!

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