Aubrie Cross

INTD: Science Writing

About 200 words

Unusual Bird-Human partnership runs even deeper than scientists thought

In this article, the scientist reveal that the relationship between honey hunters and the greater honeyguide bird has evolved resulting the two to be able to communicate and work together. The honey hunters send out a call and the birds then respond until the honey hunter has found the nest that the bird has directed him to. The reason the two partner up and work together is due to the fact that the nest are embedded way up in the trees making them hard to come by. After the greater honeyguide directs the honey hunter to the nest, the honey hunter then smokes out the tree to get rid of the bees and then cuts it down. Once he collects the honey he then leaves the broken honeycomb pieces for the birds to then eat. One of the biologists said “It suggests that the honeyguide and human behavior have coevolved in response to each other.” I believe that this is a good public-facing article because they keep it short and readable for any level. They don’t use big scientific concepts to get their ideas across, instead they thoroughly explain the research that the scientists have done.

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/07/unusual-bird-human-partnership-runs-even-deeper-scientists-thought