Saturday, April 25, 2009

Furry Friday-Saturdays: BADGERS

BADGERS are the most exotic, rarely-seen medium size/large mammals in Britain. Though they ramble through many a suburban back garden in the dead of night, most folks have never set eyes on one of these shy and reclusive creatures:




They live deep under ground, rarely emerge during daylight hours and detest being spotted:


They eat sloppy stuff like slugs in the damp of the woods:


The babies are cute:


BADGERS ON FILM!

Here's badgers filmed deep in their set in Kent, which is South-South-East of London...



(Baby) badger and otter. The otter is bigger than the badger:



This is an Indian "honey" badger vs Indian cobra. It must be HUNGRY:
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8 comments:

  1. Lesley25 April 2009 at 16:45

    I've never seen a badger... only in photos and on t.v. They're lovely. Being a protected animal, it now seems a shame that farmers are blaming them for carrying disease and passing it on to cattle, as they may be culled. :(

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  2. Akelamalu25 April 2009 at 17:32

    We've had foxes in our garden but I've never seen a badger, mind you I don't get up in the middle of the night so maybe that's why. ;)

    Thanks for all the info Gleds.

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  3. Jeannie25 April 2009 at 18:01

    I'm not sure I've ever seen an actual picture of a badger - only drawings in children's books. Lot's of groundhogs and bunnies and such though.

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  4. Gledwood25 April 2009 at 18:48

    Lesley: I've never seen one either! As for DEFRA or farmers or whoever it is claiming they're passing on TB to cows: ridiculous! Any excuse for a cull. It's like the grey squirrels ~ the only kind any of us ever see. The RSPCA will not rescue them and claim they're not allowed to release "nonnative species" back to the wild. Suddenly in 2009 they're foreign invaders and they want them culled too!

    Akelamalu: You'd be VERY LUCKY to spot a badger. I once spotted baby foxes frolicking in the old garden where I used to take Pandable the hamster for 4am insomniac dawn walks... but never ever a badger!

    Jeannie: American badgers are aparently quite different. They look more gremlinous!

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  5. Baino25 April 2009 at 22:22

    They really are elusive aren't they? A bit like our hairy nosed wombats I suspect. Very cute though. What disease do they transmit to cattle? Very rare to have inter-species diseases.

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  6. Deb26 April 2009 at 06:18

    They're so absolutely adorable.

    I love any creature at all...badgers being no exception.

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  7. Puss-in-Boots26 April 2009 at 10:50

    I've heard badgers are shy and they're such pretty animals. Their coats are really striking.

    I saw a TV doco on the honey badger and that's a pretty dangerous creature. I wouldn't want to get too close to one of those.

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  8. Gledwood27 April 2009 at 17:03

    Baino: what diseases do they transmit to cattle? Allegedly, tuberculosis ...

    Debs: any creature at all? What about head lice? (??!?) ;->...

    Pussinboots: There seems to be quite a lot of animals that enjoy taunting Indian cobras. I think it's that stending up and hissing thing them snakes do wrong: makes 'em too much of a target for aggressive furries like honey badgers and mongeese. I once saw a mongoose going for a cobra ~ amazingly speedy and deft

    Having said all that I've never seen any animal even attemptedly attacking a viper type snake. If you notice the difference: those type strike like lightning...

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