Honey Badger Don't Care Gifts

If the Honey Badger was a fish, it would be a shark. If it was a reptile, it would be an alligator. It is a fearless animal with few predators. It grabs up anything and almost everything and eats it. A mouse? A King Cobra? Honey bee larva? Yes. It will eat anything. It trots along without regard for any other animal. In fact it will simply grab up a mouse or Cobra and just start munching. Even a Cobra's bite isn't fatal. The honey badger will get knocked out for a moment, then get right back up and start eating the snake that has just bitten it. Other desert animals even hang around to get its leftovers. It scampers along or digs around and snatches up what it wants - it don't care!

If you attempt to find an entry for the Honey Badger in an encyclopedia, it may well direct you to see "Ratel." The term Ratel has a Dutch origin and is pronounced with "a" long a like this: Ray-tell. Both names are acceptable.

Scientific name: Mellivora capensis with 12 subspecies identified.

Range: Throughout most of southern Africa, in Saudi Arabia, India and also Turkmenistan.

What does the honey badger eat? Generally carnivorous, their diet consists of rats, mice, frogs, snakes, insects, carrion, and bee larva to name a few, but they will also eat roots and berries.

What about that fur? The Honey Badger has a unique coloring among mammals with dark gray fur on the top of its body and black fur below. Most often the darker fur is on the top half of mammals. It's long loose fur allows it to move about quickly and freely and protects it from bee stings.

How big do they get? About 2. 5 feet long and up to 35 pounds.