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An update from our @IntoTheOkavango team: 🍯 “After a long day of poling, while we were resting at our campsite, Mr. Water heard something and suddenly stood up and looked. The Greater Honeyguide was calling from a nearby tree. And it's the particular birdcall that is so unmistakable to Mr. Water. He immediately told us that there must be a beehive close by. I knew the story of a honeyguide and all along I thought it was some bush fiction. So Mr. Water together with Ralf and son, Yamaha, followed the little bird, so small we couldn't even see it, we were just following its call. From one tree to another during the following, Mr Water kept responding to the bird with a particular whistle. Few more trees and the whistling, we got to some big Jackal Berry trees and the bird called from one spot without moving. And that's when Mr. Water discovered the beehive, thanks to the Honeyguide. But it was so high that it couldn't be harvested without destroying the tree. Obviously, Mr. Water was a little disappointed that the beehive is unreachable (he loves honey), but I was incredibly impressed, I had just witnessed a wild bird work with a human!” Video by @thalefang.charles