Honey Badger Houdini

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After having a tense close encounter with what was IMO an enormous honey badger with a young one in tow while in the Colorado desert, I've been fascinated with these gnarly creatures…… ;)

[video=youtube;TV1ysmidGQc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV1ysmidGQc[/video]
 
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A honey badger in Colorado? Was it an escaped zoo specimen? :confused:
 
Crazy, they are not to be tangled with!

Their larger cousin, the wolverine has been known to kill polar bears! Don't quote me on it, I heard it from discovery channel.
 
Honey Badger is an ironic name...

they actually detest honey, their favored food is bamboo...

and they're not actually badgers either, they are more closely related to bears...

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maybe I'm mistaking them with pandas....either that or koalas... maybe :o
 
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PeteyTwoPointOne said:
Honey Badger is an ironic name...

they actually detest honey, their favored food is bamboo...

and they're not actually badgers either, they are more closely related to bears...

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maybe I'm mistaking them with pandas....either that or koalas... maybe :o
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I believe you are mistaken on most of that….. ;)

[video=youtube;KSoNKpBQgJc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSoNKpBQgJc[/video]
 
Not quite one, but akin to mustelidae.

Africa's huggable version of a wolverine.
 
leatherman said:
A honey badger in Colorado? Was it an escaped zoo specimen? :confused:
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In fact, it looked very similar to the one pictured in this video from Yellowstone…..

[video=youtube;Wc8tidOjhUY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc8tidOjhUY[/video]

It was just a lot larger (think brick shithouse) with brighter colored coat, perhaps due to the intense desert sun? The facial markings were identical, which is what allowed me to positively ID that it was intact a badger. At the same time I noticed this, it shot me the meanest look I think I've ever seen in my life then paused and thought better of attacking and scurried away into a storm drainage wash.

I also know of confirmed wolf packs in the area, so badger doesn't seem too unrealistic considering there were grizzly in CO not even 100 yrs. ago.
 
Honey Badgers are small- as in 30cm at the shoulder, so a "huge one" in Colorado would be something.
They eat honey, mostly the grubs in the comb though, but are foragers par-excellence. They will tackle anything, from venomous snakes to lions. They have been filmed attacking elephants too, not to eat mind you, just because.
They are most certainly not huggable, as was pointed out, they are a Mustelid, and have the ability to radiate a powerful "aura".

All badgers are powerful and can be dangerous, but the English Badger and Honey Badger or "Ratel" should not be confused.
I used to have one as a pet, raised from young. He was a proper terror.
 
Naaaa - just a group from the U of Wisconsin on Spring Break where they go [even more] wild!

Go Badgers!
 
According to folklore, the surest way to be found when lost is to pour water down a badger hole. Someone is sure to show up to ask why you would do such a foolish thing.
 
Definitely Bad A$$ critters.
I like watchin the Nat. Geo shows where they just trot along afraid of nothin & ready to tangle with anything from a mamba to a lion.
Snake venom is apparently just a short term sedative for them....Amazing!
 
HwangJino said:
Crazy, they are not to be tangled with!

Their larger cousin, the wolverine has been known to kill polar bears! Don't quote me on it, I heard it from discovery channel.
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I have also seen a wolverine in Michigan a few or so spring's ago hunting turkey on public land in the thumb (geographically looking at the state of MI). Ran across a dirt road between public land and private during the middle of the day, rumor has it Uncle Ted (Ted Nugent) has been releasing these along with other predators in a re-wilding movement.

A friend of mine from High School who works at a family auto repair shop has confirmed that his grandpa (along with others and trail cam footage) who lives in the area has confirmed there were Wolverine (plural?) in the area. This was Sanilac County in MI for those who might be interested, there was actually a confirmed case of one being deceased and found there not too long ago.
 
Red Angel Dragnet said:
I have also seen a wolverine in Michigan a few or so spring's ago hunting turkey on public land in the thumb (geographically looking at the state of MI). Ran across a dirt road between public land and private during the middle of the day, rumor has it Uncle Ted (Ted Nugent) has been releasing these along with other predators in a re-wilding movement.

A friend of mine from High School who works at a family auto repair shop has confirmed that his grandpa (along with others and trail cam footage) who lives in the area has confirmed there were Wolverine (plural?) in the area. This was Sanilac County in MI for those who might be interested, there was actually a confirmed case of one being deceased and found there not too long ago.
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That's interesting, I know introducing predators does help the ecology. Having a wolverine run around, isn't a good idea haha. But they're neat creatures.
 
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