African Honey Badger and the Honeyguide

Oh the African honey badger! You know the lion - well, watch the honey badger stand up to a lion. It can even stand up to a humongous swarm of African honey bees. Now you see, there's this little symbiotic relationship between the African honey badger and bird called the honey-guide. The honey-guide tells the African honey badger where the honey is. And then the African honey badger bursts in to get the honey. And here's a secret weapon of the honey badger: like its cousins the skunk and weasel, it can make a huge stink. And then it retrieves the honey to the honey guide and they both get honey. And here's another thing about the honey badger: there's this really venomous snake, in fact, the most venomous in the world, called the black mamba. Well, the honey badger is so tough it can actually stand up to that venomous venom.

(photo of a honeybadger from bee-pollen-health.com)

(photo of a honey-guide from surfbirds.com)