Tantabarar mai ɗaukar nauyi tana aiki tsawon shekaru 15-20. Tsuntsun da ya kware sosai zai iya tashi har zuwa kilomita 1000. Yawancin lokaci ana sanya wasiƙar a cikin kwandon filastik kuma a haɗa shi zuwa ƙafar tattabara. Ya zama al'ada a aika da tsuntsaye biyu a lokaci guda tare da saƙo iri ɗaya, saboda haɗarin hare-hare daga tsuntsayen ganima, musamman shaho.
Legends sun ce tare da taimakon tattabarai masu ɗaukar kaya, masoya sun yi musayar bayanin kula. Shari'ar kurciya ta farko da aka rubuta ta isar da wasiƙa ta kasance a shekara ta 1146 AD. Halifan Baghdad (a Iraki) Sultan Nuruddin ya yi amfani da sakon tattabara wajen isar da sako a masarautarsa.
A lokacin yakin duniya na daya, tattabarai na Sojojin Amurka sun ceci wata bataliya daga hannun Jamusawa. A Indiya, sarakuna Chandragupta Maurya (321-297 BC) da Ashoka sun yi amfani da sakon tattabara.
Amma, a ƙarshe, gidan waya, telegraph da Intanet sun bayyana a duniya. Duk da cewa duniyar tana kewaye da tauraron dan adam, sakon tattabara bai nutse a baya ba. 'Yan sandan jihar Orissa a Indiya har yanzu suna amfani da tsuntsaye masu wayo don manufarsu. Suna da tattabarai 40 da suka kammala darussa horo uku: a tsaye, wayar hannu da boomerang.
An umurci nau'in tsuntsaye masu tsayi da su tashi zuwa wurare masu nisa don sadarwa tare da hedkwatar. Pigeons na nau'in wayar hannu suna yin ayyuka daban-daban na rikitarwa. Boomerang shine aikin kurciya ta isar da wasiƙar ta dawo da amsa.
Tattabarai masu ɗaukar kaya hidima ce mai tsadar gaske. Suna buƙatar abinci mai gina jiki mai tsada mai tsada, suna buƙatar man hanta shark haɗe da potassium da aka narkar da cikin ruwa. Bugu da kari, suna nema akan girman kejin su.
Tantabara sun sha ceton mutane a lokutan gaggawa da bala'o'i. A lokacin bikin cika shekaru ɗari na hidimar gidan waya na Indiya a cikin 1954, 'yan sandan Orissa sun nuna iyawar dabbobin su. Tattabaran sun kai sakon bikin rantsar da shugaban kasar Indiya zuwa ga firaministan kasar.