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Honey badger, the most fearless animal in the world

For small animals, there are always crises in nature. They have to face the hunting of mammals such as lions and wolves, and they have to be careful of the sudden attack of poisonous snakes.

But in the eyes of an animal, that's nothing. When it sees a lion, it dares to challenge and eats it when it meets a poisonous snake. It is known as the most fearless animal in the world.

It's the honey badger.

Growth environment

They live alone or in pairs, usually at dusk and at night, and rest in caves during the day. The badger, which lives in the Sahara desert of Africa, also forages during the day.

Omnivorous, to small mammals, birds, reptiles, ants, berries, nuts and other food, especially like eating honey.

Eat honey with birds

In order to eat honey, it pays great attention to form a very interesting 'partnership' with a bird called indicator indicator. Xiangmi is good at finding the source of honey, and can know the location of every beehive within 250 square kilometers.

As soon as the honey badger sees it, the honey badger will keep whistling to attract the attention of the honey badger. The honey badger follows the honey badger's call. The honey badger uses its strong claws to dig open the honeycomb to eat honey. Its thick and coarse fur can resist the attack of the bee colony, and the honey coop can also share it.

Don't judge by appearances

The badger is 60-100 cm long, 25 cm tall, and has a tail 15-30 cm long. Its maximum weight is less than 25 kg. It has a broad head, small eyes, no ears, and a blunt nose, so it's still cute.

It is a snake killer and has strong resistance to snake venom. It is one of the rare animals in the world that have resistance to snake venom.

In 2002, the National Geographic Channel released a documentary, "the natural enemy of snakes: the honey badger in the Kalahari desert.". In the film, there is a plot:

One day, a rattlesnake caught a mouse and was about to eat when it met a passing honey badger. The rattlesnake hesitated whether to run away or eat the mouse as soon as possible. However, the honey badger ran straight over to grab the mouse from the rattlesnake's mouth and chewed it up.

Finally, he turned his eyes on the rattlesnake. At this time, the rattlesnake found that he was in danger. After the fight, the rattlesnake died, and the honey badger was bitten, and fell beside the rattlesnake. His whole body convulsed and seemed to be dead. The crew was very upset about this. Unexpectedly, two hours later, the badger came back to life, got up and ate the rattlesnake before leaving.

It is reported that an adult honey badger can swallow a 2-meter-long Python in half an hour, even in the face of highly toxic South African Cobra and viper. Scientists have yet to decipher the secret that honey badgers are not afraid of poisonous snakes.

Challenge the lion

The badger dares to challenge lions and cheetahs. In a Kwando Concessions Park in Botswana, Africa, a honey badger was seen to face four lions who were 14 times larger than their size. They did not withdraw and fight for more than 30 minutes.

The magic weapon of the badger is not its sharp claws and teeth, but its ferocity and wisdom. It can know the enemy's weakness, for example, when facing a man, it will attack his testicles. It will also use tools such as logs as ladders to escape. In the face of any enemy can be courageous forward, never retreat, even a much larger opponent, as long as the encounter will not hesitate to rush to fight.

In addition, its fur is not slippery loach, very tough, much like a bullet proof vest, inexperienced lions can not smoothly tear it apart. According to records, it takes only ten minutes for a cheetah to kill an antelope, but it takes more than an hour for a disabled badger.

However, the badger doesn't know what's good for him. He often provokes lions. Moreover, he is small and plays too much. He will be killed by lions.

Unlike other predators, the honey badger always hunts to satisfy the energy consumption of its continuous movement. Other predators tend to rest after a meal. A male badger can easily run 9.6 kilometers an hour.