They are hunted for bushmeat and used in traditional medicine, but most animals are killed by apiculturists and livestock farmers. They are also killed by control programs intended to target other species.
A study found bee hive damage may be eliminated simply by placing hives a meter off the ground, potentially reducing the conflict with apiculturists. Honey badgers are not aggressive unless provoked, but there have been cases of attacks on children. There are documented cases of honey badgers digging up and feeding upon human corpses. The animals are reservoirs of some diseases that can affect people, including rabies. Actively scan device characteristics for identification.
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Honey badger , is that you? The honey badger is part of the weasel family, related to skunks, otters, ferrets, and other badgers. Its proper name is ratel, but it gets the common name honey badger from what seems to be its favorite food: honey. Yet what they are actually looking to eat are the bee larvae found in the honey!
This tough little critter has a stocky, flattened body with short, strong legs, along with long claws on the front feet for digging and defense.
The honey badger's hair is thick and coarse, mostly black, with a wide gray-white stripe that stretches across its back from the top of the head to the tip of the tail.
Does it remind you of a skunk? The honey badger also has a gland at the base of its tail that stores a stinky liquid just as powerful as that of its look-alike.
Does the honey badger have a sweet personality? It would be hard to find a more quarrelsome animal than the honey badger. Also, the honey badger's skin is tough and loose, allowing it to twist around and bite an opponent that has grabbed it by the back of its neck. Combine that with a massive skull, strong teeth, and that awful odor, and you have wildlife nobody wants to mess with!
They live mainly in dry areas but are also found in forests and grasslands. Honey badgers are good swimmers and can climb trees. With its long claws, the honey badger digs burrows up to 9 feet 3 meters long and up to 5 feet 1. A single tunnel ends in a chamber, which is usually bare, where the honey badger rests. The badgers striking colouration makes them easily recognizable and they could only be confused with the much smaller Striped polecat Ictonyx striatus and Striped weasel Poecilogale albinucha both of which weigh less than a kilogram.
Honey badgers have a distinctive jog-trot and stand approximately 30 cm high. Males may be twice the size of females Honey badgers are well adapted to their digging lifestyle and have a powerful and stocky build, with no external ears, a broad muscular back, bowlegged front legs and formidable fore claws that may reach 40mm in length.
Scientific name: Mellivora capensis Schreber, Common names: Honey badger, ratel, honey ratel. Taxonomy As many as 10 subspecies suggested, currently being revised. Size: total length to mmm head to mm body to mm tail to mm shoulder height to mm neck circumference to mm Weight: male: 9.
Habitat: Wide tolerance, from semi-desert to rainforest.
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