In South Africa, I spent a morning with a meerkat researcher, following live meerkats. He said that he had anecdotal evidence that the fork-tailed drongo would sometimes […] ...

On the plains of Africa, you’ll find a surprising cooperation between two typically adversarial animals—the drongo bird and the meerkat.

This Bird Tricks Other Animals Into Handing Over Their Meals ... including other types birds and meerkats. When the drongo spots a coveted tasty morsel in the paws or claws of another creature, ...

For starlings and meerkats in the Kalahari Desert, the fork-tailed drongo, a songbird with glossy black feathers and garnet-red eyes, is like the neighborhood dog: a trustworthy pal that's always ...

The bird that impersonates a MEERKAT to steal food: Drongo catches a quarter of its meals by imitating other creatures. A drongo can warn other creatures when a predator is lurking close by; ...

The meerkat drops its catch and races for cover, leaving behind a tasty meal for the drongo. Eventually the meerkats catch on to the deception, but the drongo has another trick up its sleeve.

The fork-tailed drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis) is a beautiful, shiny black-feathered bird with crimson red eyes. This sneaky birds steal food from others by making false alarm calls.

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Well that evidence is no longer anecdotal. In a new study published today, Tom Flower from the University of Cambridge has indeed found that fork-trailed drongos can deceive meerkats into scurrying ...

A FEARLESS black drongo takes on an Indian eagle owl — by hitching a ride on its back. Mayur Shinde, 41, caught the moment the drongo landed in Jaisalmer, India. 2 ...