Do you want to know about the most mysterious and wrongly feared animals on Earth? There are five species of animals that I am going to talk about in this book. These five species of animals are frightening to humans based on their features. The fea...
Honey badgers are mammals and are omnivorous. Another name for honey badgers is Ratel. The honey badger's scientific name is Mellivora capensis. Mellivora tells what family of animals the honey badgers belong to and capensis is the species name for honey badgers. The honey badger is super fierce and quite mean. The technique that honey badgers use to get to safety is to scare off the enemies or tire them out and run. Honey badgers live in Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and southwest Asia.
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A map that shows the range there honey badgers live.
The honey badger is in a mutualistic relationship with a bird called honeyguides. This bird's job is to find beehives and lead the honey badgers to the hive. Then the honey badger attacks the hive meanwhile the badgers spray a nasty smell that knocks the bees out. This makes it easier for the badger to get the honey and gives some to the honeyguides.
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A honeyguide bird
Honey badgers' lifespan is about twenty-four years in captivity. An adult male weighs about twenty to thirty-five pounds. An adult female weighs about eleven to twenty-two pounds. Honey Badger mothers give birth to their young and raise them by themselves. Breeding time is from September through December. A baby honey badger is called a kit, a male badger is called a boar, and a female is called a sow.
A baby honey badger
Honey badgers have an animal that mimics them for protection from predators and this animal is a baby cheetah. If you look at both a baby cheetah and a honey badger curled up, you will see a big white stripe. This helps the baby cheetah from getting eaten. Predators are afraid of honey badgers so this stripe on the cheetah is perfect protection from their predators. This protection helps protect the cub while the mother is away. When baby cheetahs grow up the stripe disappears.
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A baby cheetah.
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A honey badger.
One of the most mysterious and amazing things about the honey badger is that lions will try to avoid them at any cost! These lions will only attack them if it is hungry enough or it's necessary. Honey badgers are strong enough to chase off young lions. These honey badgers are powerful enough to take down and kill wildebeest, waterbuck, and buffalos. Honey badgers eat many other things besides honey, for example, lizards, insects, turtles, birds, frogs, snakes, tortoises, eggs, and rodents. Honey badgers have tough skin so if they encounter poisonous snakes they don't die if they are bitten.
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Honey Badger scaring off a lion.
Honey badgers' abilities include super strong strength, stinky spray, climbing, swimming, and digging. Honey badgers use their claws to dig burrows that are one and a half meters deep and three meters long. The honey badgers use their strength and claws to defend themselves and to hunt for food. Honey badgers mainly use its stink spray to defend itself like a stink bomb. Honey badgers have the same abilities as a skunk because the honey badger is part of the weasel family. Most weasels have a stinky spray to mark its territory but the honey badgers also use it as a defense.
