A trio of researchers from institutions in Africa have explored whether honeyguides in Mozambique sometimes lead human hunters to dangerous animals as punishment for not giving them a proper reward on previous hunts. In their study published in the journal Ecology and Evolution, David Lloyd-Jones, Musaji Muamedi, and Claire Spottiswoode accompanied locals on several hunts to determine why the birds behaved as they did.
Why honeyguides sometimes lead honey hunters to dangerous animals instead of bee colonies
