DRONGO TRICKS MEERKATS!

Drongo bird tricks meerkats!

A drongo helps warn meerkats of potential aerial predators! However, there is a price to pay!

The drongo has learnt to use the alarm call for his advantage. The drongo makes the alarm calls while the meerkats are exchanging food, when the meerkats abandon their food in search for cover, the drongo then swoops in to steal their food.

If that wasn't cunning enough, if any meerkats don't fall for the drongo's alarm call, the drongo can also mimic the meerkat's own alarm calls to dupe the meerkats.

To delve deeper into the crafty world of the drongo Spy Termite mound is needed. Except this termite mound can move!

Clip taken from episode 2 'Intelligence' of our series Spy in the wild!

Directed by John Downer

Music by Will Gregory

A BBC & PBS/THIRTEEN Productions LLC series

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