Honey badger
Homeland
The honey badger belongs to the weasel family,
and is called by several names, including: skunk, rattle, while it lives in a
wide range of Africa, southwest Asia, and the Indian subcontinent.
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It is found in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Kuwait, Syria, Yemen, India, Pakistan,
Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan .
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Habitat
The honey badger is found in a wide range of
habitats, including tropical and subtropical green forests, open forests,
riparian forests or grasslands.
But it does not prefer to live in arid desert
areas, as it needs habitats with burrows, rocky crevices, or other places.
They can take shelter in it .
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Honey badger shape
It is a medium-sized animal, measuring 60 – 70
cm in length and weighing 8 – 12 kg .
The male is larger than the female, and they
have a large skull, small eyes, neck, and muscular shoulders .
The fur is dark black below, with a bright gray
or white upper cloak .
The front feet are strong and large, and have
long claws that are useful in catching prey and running .
The honey badger belongs to the weasel family,
and is called by several names, including: skunk, rattle, while it lives in a
wide range of Africa, southwest Asia, and semi-Asia
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Behavior
The honey badger is active at night and can be
seen during the day.
While it lives a Bedouin life full of movements
in search of food, it travels alone, and males travel longer distances than
females.
Males define their areas with urine and
secretions from the scent glands, and defend their areas fiercely in front of
other males .
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The courage of a honey badger
This animal is known for its great courage, as
it defends itself fiercely against any animal that attacks it.
It does not care about the size and strength of
the aggressor.
Cases have been recorded of it fighting lions,
leopards, and hyenas in defense of itself.
It also attacks ungulates when they approach its
burrow, such as a buffalo and horses, while the bites of snakes and bees are
not affected ، It has very thick skin and is rarely pierced by
snake and bee bites .
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Food
The honey badger is considered a carnivorous
animal, as it feeds on eggs, small rodents, snakes, birds, and frogs.
It also feeds on fruits, roots, and beehives,
and loves to eat beehives because there is honey and larvae inside them.
If food is scarce, it resorts to eating carrion and dead animals .
Predators
The honey badger does not have many predators,
and lions and leopards tend to kill only the elderly and the weakest.
Thick, loose skin makes it difficult to catch
young.
The unique color of the honey badger, with its
black body and white head, also mimics the color of the cheetah cub, making it
less vulnerable to any predator .
This bird only lands on the ground to mate
Honey badger reproduction
It reproduces at any time of the year.
The male dances and makes sounds to attract the
female, and the female mates with one or two males.After that, the gestation
period begins, which lasts 50 – 70 days.
The female gives birth to her young in a burrow
and gives birth to 1 – 2 young, and the young are born blind and naked,
completely covered in black, and the female alone takes care of the young .
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Caring for children
The young remain in the burrow for three months,
during which the mother transports the young from one burrow to another
approximately every three days.
When the young reach three months, the mother
begins to take them with her and feed them meat, and the young remain with
their mother for a long period of up to 12 – 16 months.
Females reach sexual maturity faster than males,
as it takes only 12 – 16 months
While males take 2 – 3 years.
While honey badgers can live in the wild 7 – 8
years .
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Facts about honey badger
His favorite food is honey, and it was given
this name because he steals honey from traditional apiaries in the mountains
and valleys and extracts honey from them .
He has an anal cyst with a suffocating smell
that helps him calm bees when they raid beehives .
Because of the hardness and softness of their
skin, it is very difficult to catch with dogs.
It is difficult to penetrate their skin, and the
skin is loose, allowing them to twist and turn on their attackers when caught
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