The so-called "golden partnership" is, of course, a name people gave out of boredom.
In fact, Wang Ping only knew that there was such a bird in Africa, which was officially recorded as the only bird that would partner with the honey badger to forage for food. It was called the honey badger.
Just by listening to the name, you can tell what this bird eats. No wonder it would deal with the famous scoundrel on the grassland, the honey badger.
But what Wang Ping didn't know was that the honey bee, as the only partner of the honey bee in the "bird world", could do more than just help it find a beehive. To be honest, this thing didn't have a very good reputation in the "bird world".
Everyone knows that there is an idiom in China called "Jiu Zhan Que Que Chao", which refers to the cuckoo, a bird that will throw away the eggs of others and lay its own eggs in others' homes, letting others feed its children. The same is true for the honey bee.
Not only do they lay eggs in other people's homes, but even if the birds they are staying with lay new eggs, the little bees that have just hatched will attack their "half-brothers" and "siblings". They not only peck at all the other bird eggs, but also peck at the already born birds to death, leaving only themselves to enjoy the love of their "adoptive parents".
There are approximately 9,000 bird species observed worldwide, and only five species have nest parasitic behaviors, including China's "King of Spring Loves the Cuckoo" and the "golden partner" of the honey badger.
One is a bad guy on the ground, the other is a hooligan in the sky. These two guys are a perfect match.
In addition, these two guys who originally had nothing in common, one loves honey and the other loves bee larvae, so the cooperation mode was determined in their genes.
But after all, it was not the real one here. Although Wang Ping knew there was such a bird, he had never seen one. He could never have imagined that the famous honeyeater would be such a petite, ugly-looking creature with a harsh and piercing cry.
But think about it, if the little gangster is handsome and has a nice voice, then would there be no chance for other birds to survive
When Wang Ping met his old partner all of a sudden, his stomach felt like it had seen a relative. He couldn't help but shed tears of emotion and his stomach started to growl as if he was greeting Xiangmi.
If the thing above his head was really a beehive, then its behavior of flying around Wang Ping and calling just now was not a provocation, which meant that there must be a beehive nearby.
Wang Ping glanced at the direction Gu Lang left. Since Gu Lao San knew that he was going to cover up his tracks, he probably wouldn't be caught up by the poachers for a while. How about taking some time to have lunch
The feeling of hunger came again, as if my stomach was forcing me to make a decision immediately.
In this kind of weather, with rain falling everywhere, the bees should have returned to their nests, right? Wouldn't that be a hornet's nest that could explode at any time
Wang Ping thought for a moment and then fell silent.
It's a hornet's nest...
However, the hornet's nest seems to be very useful at the moment.
At this moment, Wang Ping was the one who knew the exact locations of Gu Lang, the poachers, and himself the best. He was excited when he imagined the wonderful scene of himself squatting on a tree and throwing a hornet's nest on the poachers' heads.
This is something I wanted to do so many times when I was young but didn’t dare to do!
"Go, go, go! Hurry up and lead the way!"
Wang Ping was excited. He turned around and climbed onto Xiaohua's neck, signaling it to follow the "silly bird" above his head.
"Guji guji~~"
Seeing that his old partner had finally returned to normal, Xiangmi seemed very happy and hurriedly flew towards the depths of the woods, flying back from time to time to urge Wang Ping.
Xiaohua followed Wang Ping's instructions and ran fast in the forest, following Xiangmi. At this speed, if Wang Ping hadn't been cleaning up the traces of a certain anchor, she would have no problem getting rid of the poacher.
After running for nearly a kilometer, Xiangmi landed on a tree branch, barked at Wang Pingming, and stopped moving forward.
Wang Ping could already hear a buzzing sound in his ears, and at the same time, his nose twitched and he smelled a refreshing fragrance.
Xiaohua hesitated and slowed down her pace.
Bees are creatures that are hard to mess with. Whether you are a lion or cheetah at the top of the food chain, or a human at the top of the primate, the consequences of being stung are the same: your body will swell so much that even your mother can't recognize you.
However, the flat-headed brother is not among them.
Looking at the basketball-sized beehive hanging under the branch where the honey bees were resting, Wang Ping's heart seemed to suddenly ignite with fire, and his eyes began to shine.
After patting Xiaohua and telling her to hide in the bushes, Wang Ping turned around and subconsciously wanted to roll up his sleeves. However, he looked down at his short hands, sighed in his heart, and his desire for food surged again.
Climbing up the tree along the trunk, Wang Ping also came to the branch where the honey bee was standing. He hooked the bark with his hind claws, folded his body in half strangely, and reached out to grab the hive below.
The little gray bird beside it tilted its head, perhaps feeling a little strange.
Didn't his partner always rush over and grab the beehive and start chewing it? What happened today
Wang Ping didn't want to alarm the entire bee colony so early. After all, this was already his "biological weapon" and it would be a pity to blow it up here.
But before that...
Slowly peeling off the beeswax that fixed the bottom of the branch, Wang Ping carried the entire beehive onto the branch and reached directly into it with one claw.
A sticky feeling came, accompanied by a fragrance, and a large piece of beeswax that was dripping honey was grabbed by Wang Ping.
As long as there is no obvious vibration or noise, the swarm of bees will not be disturbed. At this moment, there is only a small group of bees flying around Wang Ping and even attacking him.
Moreover, the honey badger's fur is extremely thick and it has a natural resistance to poison, so it simply ignores these suicide attacks.
Wang Ping brought the beeswax close to his lips and took a delicious sip, then leaned against the tree trunk comfortably, feeling the sweetness and smoothness between his lips and teeth, the beauty of which made his eyes almost squint.
Finally I got to eat something delicious, it wasn’t easy at all!
"Guji guji~~"
The cry of the bee brought Wang Ping back from his trance. When he came to his senses, he looked across and saw the little gray bird jumping on the branch, staring at him unhappily.
"Fuck, I almost forgot about this..."
Wang Ping showed a weird smile on his face that would never appear on other honeycombs. He stretched out his claws and dug around again. In the upper part of the hive, Wang Ping found a piece of beeswax full of bee larvae and gently placed it in front of Xiangmi.
“Chichi~~~”
The little bird hopped towards the beeswax, lowered its head to pick out a fat larva, and swallowed it up with its head tilted back.
A badger and a bird just held the beehive and really enjoyed it for a while.
After he was about half full, Wang Ping stood up holding the beehive and prepared to go back to work. He had already dug a big hole in the beehive, and if he continued to eat, the bees would really go crazy.
Grabbing the bark with one claw, Wang Ping slid down the tree trunk. Before leaving, he waved his claw at the bird standing on the branch.
"Brother, you are wrong. You are actually a good guy!"