The honeyguide is an African bird that leads humans to bees' nests and thereby gains access to a resource that it could otherwise not exploit. In this actual case, there is no incentive for honeyguides to cheat
Could you alter this system in a way that would give the honeyguide an incentive to provide misleading in-formation? Briefly explain how your alteration gives an incentive to cheat.
Fictional alteration:
Explanation:
What will be an ideal response?
ANS:
Will vary, but should include: for alteration, humans have to provide honeyguides with food during the search to elicit cooperation; for explanation, honeyguides could lead humans to random locations and still receive the food.
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