25-07-2016 12:29 via theguardian.com

Can the honeyguide show us a new way to connect with nature?

Humans have few wild friends, but the honeyguide birds who lead Mozambican hunters to honey give us hope for relationships with mutual benefitNature works rather like the EU. There are deals between species. Uneasy relationships. Mistrust. Boundaries. Borders. Territory. Investments. Yet every now and then, new and surprising relationships emerge between animals. Among the rarest is mutualism.In humans, as in other animals, mutualism is rare. But this week, scientists announced that the mutualis
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