Headbangers Give the Alarm
For a while, heavy metal fans were referred to as headbangers because of their extreme and even harmful head motions . Sure, practically everyone does some nodding to the beat, but that is excessive. We looked at headbanger woodpeckers , here is another creature. Macrotermes are termites that actually cultivate fungus, which is good eats. This is impressive since the savannah of Africa is not conducive. They also build mounds, the largest of which are in Africa. The Macrotermes carbonarius species take headbanging quite literally. Fungus-growing termites, Flickr / Bernard DuPont ( CC BY-SA 2.0 ), modified at PhotoFunia While termites are doing termite stuff, they have to watch out so they don't become chow for predators. When the nest is disturbed, sentinels commence to headbanging. No, they don't crank up Stryper, they bang their heads to sound the alarm. I'm sure that some folks will accept " it evolved " as an explanation 🙄but the work of the Master Engin