I've been remiss for a while and those of you who like the Monday Mustelid haven't been getting your fix. So here is a little something to tide you over. Three video full of badgery goodness.
The world's most fearless animal - the ratel, Melivora capensis. This guy is 100kg of attitude in a 10kg body.
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Mr Cobra, meet Mr Ratel. Food and nap to follow.
Lastly - and if only to show that Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) though cute have a mean streak - badger teaches an admittedly smaller fox a lesson.
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Books to the ceiling,
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My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.
~ Arnold Lobel [1933-1987] author of many popular…
Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers.