Honey Badger
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 5:04 am
The Honey badger or ratel is a tenacious small carnivore that has a reputation for being, pound for pound, Africa's most fearless animal despite its small size. It is even listed as the "most fearless animal in the world" in the Guinness Book of Records.
The honey badger has a fairly long body, but is distinctly thick-set and broad across the back. Its skin is remarkably loose, and allows it to turn and twist freely within it. The eyes are small, and the ears are little more than ridges on the skin, another possible adaptation to avoiding damage while fighting.
The honey badger has short and sturdy legs, with five toes on each foot. The feet are armed with very strong claws, which are short on the hind legs and remarkably long on the forelimbs. The soles are thickly padded and naked up to the wrists. The tail is short and is covered in long hairs.
The sides of the heads and lower body are pure black in colour. A large white band covers their upper bodies, beginning from the top of their heads down to the base of their tails.
My first ever Honey badger(s) - March 2011 - Metsi Metsi Wilderness Trail (not on foot) H1-3
The honey badger has a fairly long body, but is distinctly thick-set and broad across the back. Its skin is remarkably loose, and allows it to turn and twist freely within it. The eyes are small, and the ears are little more than ridges on the skin, another possible adaptation to avoiding damage while fighting.
The honey badger has short and sturdy legs, with five toes on each foot. The feet are armed with very strong claws, which are short on the hind legs and remarkably long on the forelimbs. The soles are thickly padded and naked up to the wrists. The tail is short and is covered in long hairs.
The sides of the heads and lower body are pure black in colour. A large white band covers their upper bodies, beginning from the top of their heads down to the base of their tails.
My first ever Honey badger(s) - March 2011 - Metsi Metsi Wilderness Trail (not on foot) H1-3
I have yet to see one in the wild...only in the camps at night! 
8 out of 10 
