And then our walk changed thanks to a honeyguide bird. These little brown birds have been collaborating with humans in Africa for thousands, possibly millions of years.1 In typical fashion, the honeyguide loudly tweeted out its distinctive, insistent, chattering song—tch, tch, tch tch, tch, tch!—and then flew from tree to tree singing periodically to make sure we followed. Within ten minutes our little friend delivered us to a beehive.
