I don't want to include any spoilers, but that's impressively on theme with the game for what I assume is a guess! 😂

But not quite - big honk (vs little honks, which are also a thing!) can call to other players and creatures on the map to varying results.

Here we see the big honk being used to call all the nearby butterflies who then give the players a boost up towards (in this particular case) a hidden spot where they can collect Winged Light.

If you big honk around crabs, they will flip over and stop charging at you, and you can even pick them up! But if you big honk at the angrier shard crabs, all the ones nearby will charge at you at once! 💀😂

If you big honk while riding a manta, it will give you a big flight boost (basically fling you way up in the air so you can start flying from higher up or reach hard to fly to spots).

If you big honk near another player who is low on charge, your honk will fill their light, and will also show you on the map to everyone on the server, so they know you might need help (though you might just be flipping some crabs lmao).

In other words (from that site):

lol

And I'm sure that's more information than you were looking for, but there it is! 😂