Honeybird and honey badger

• The honeybird and honey badger both prefer honey, honeycomb, bees and larvae to any other food
• The honeybird and honey badger need each other to get to the honey
• The honeybird can find the beehive, but is not big enough or strong enough to tackle swarms of bees
• It is not difficult for the honey badger with its strong, sharp claws to break open the beehive, but it is difficult to find one
• When a honeybird finds a beehive, it starts twittering loudly to attract a badger's attention
• The honeybird flies slowly, with a constant fluttering of wings, in the direction of the beehive, always making sure that the badger is following
• At the hive, the badger breaks it into pieces and starts feeding on the contents
• The honeybird usually waits until the honey badger has finished eating before feasting on the remaining honey, wax and larvae
• Both organisms benefit: the honey badger finds food because the honeybird leads it to the food source (beehive), the honeybird gets food because the honey badger breaks open the beehive and makes the food accessible.