⭐ DAILY SIGNAL #167 - Hadza Hunting

DaD🗓 Date

13^th of May 2026

🎬 Today’s Clip

EVEN THE KIDS THERE ARE SAVAGE!?!

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https://youtube.com/shorts/6iwOHmM5M-Y

💬 Quote of the Day

“They'll make the bird sound and the bird will show you were the honey is”
—David Choe

🤔 Reflection Question

How Hadza use a bird to find honey?
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The Hadza share a remarkable, mutually beneficial relationship with a wild bird known as the greater honeyguide (Indicator indicator), which actively leads them directly to hidden beehives. To initiate this cross-species cooperation, Hadza men emit a specific, melodic whistle that mimic bird calls—minimizing the risk of scaring away game—which local honeyguides recognize and answer with a distinct, chattering guiding call. The bird flits from tree to tree to guide the hunter, who follows with axes and torches; once they reach a hive, typically guarded by ferocious stinging bees high inside massive baobab trees, the Hadza hammer wooden stakes into the trunk to climb up and use smoke to pacify the colony. While the hunters harvest the nutrient-rich honey—which accounts for a massive 8% to 10% of their annual caloric intake—the birds are left with scraps of larvae and beeswax, a food source they cannot safely access without human tools and smoke. Anthropologists highlight this as a rare, culturally coevolved partnership with a entirely wild animal, though the Hadza deliberately hide large chunks of the honeycomb to keep the birds hungry enough to guide them to the next hive.

🎧 Source

Episode: Joe Rogan Experience #1518 w/ David Choe

Watch the full episode:
https://youtu.be/j7T6__UbhBI

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