Our own badger

American Badger in snow taken in central MN under controlled conditions.

Stan Tekiela
www.naturesmart.com

It’s funny, I think the average person knows more about the Honey Badger (Mellivora capensis), a critter of Africa and Southwest Asia than they do about the badger in our own backyard, the American Badger (Taxidea taxus). Social media has a lot to do with the Honey Badger phenomena and widespread knowledge that Honey Badgers just don’t care. If you don’t understand this last reference you will need to look it up.

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