Re: If you had a time machine...

[David Krentz <ddkrentz@charter.net>]

Thats great stuff.  I love the little bird on the string and the  
people off camera throwing hyeanas at thie poor badger.  More  
relationships like this would be helpful!

D
On Sep 30, 2009, at 5:17 PM, Rob Taylor wrote:

> Thanks to Dann and Tommy, I can confirm that it was indeed the honey  
> guide bird I was thinking of, and most likely the honey badger was  
> the lucky beneficiary in the documentary in question. Since they  
> were kind enough to lead me to my quarry (ample footage available on  
> youtube), I'll leave behind a couple of URLs. Hopefully this will  
> ensure a continued mutually beneficial relationship!
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t_vXWgoWdc
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVtSYRmlirg&NR=1
>
> Rob Taylor
> The Theropod Archives
> http://home.comcast.net/~theropod-archives/
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tommy Tyrberg" <tommy.tyrberg@norrkoping.mail.telia.com 
> >
> To: <dannj@alphalink.com.au>; <dinosaur@usc.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 6:31 PM
> Subject: SV: If you had a time machine...
>
>
> > I think the honeyguides cooperate with ratels more often than  
> > humans. It
> > also seems to be well documented that ravens will lead predators
> > (including humans) to suitable prey, presumably in order to get a
> > carcass to scavenge.
> >
> > Tommy Tyrberg
> >
> > -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> > Från: owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu [mailto:owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu] För Dann
> > Pigdon
> > Skickat: den 1 oktober 2009 00:23
> > Till: dinosaur@usc.edu
> > Ämne: Re: If you had a time machine...
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 1st, 2009 at 5:42 AM, Rob Taylor <rjtaylor68@comcast.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I can recall seeing a
> > > nature
> > > documentary some time back... It was long enough ago that I no  
> > > longer
> > >
> > > remember what animals were involved, but the gist was that one  
> > > animal
> > > was
> > > capable of locating a food source, but could not physically get to
> > > it, so it
> > > would lead another more agile critter with similar tastes to the
> > > bounty. The
> > > latter would retrieve the food and consume its share, but also leave
> > > a
> > > portion behind in a location accessible to the former, thereby
> > > ensuring that
> > > the relationship would continue.
> >
> > There are probably several such ccoperative relationships between
> > species. The one that comes to
> > mind immediately though is that between Prodotiscus insignis (the  
> > honey
> > guide bird) and Homo
> > sapiens.
> >
> > --
> > _____________________________________________________________
> >
> > Dann Pigdon
> > GIS / Archaeologist                Australian Dinosaurs
> > Melbourne, Australia               http://home.alphalink.com.au/ 
> > ~dannj
> > _____________________________________________________________