The badger is a widely distributed representative of the forest living creatures in the world. This large enough animal is not dangerous for a person, at least if it’s intentionally not to anger. He causes respect for his diligence and cleanliness, and a nice appearance is a reckless desire to stroke him. However, this should not be done – badgers are not famous for their complaisant character.
Badgers, like bears, hibernate for the winter. It concerns only the badgers living in the north-their southern counterparts need not sleep all winter, since they do not have such problems with food.
Before winter, the weight of the northern badger’s body increases by about a third – the animal stores its fat to last until spring.
The badger’s coat is rather rough and not very pleasant to the touch. That, however, only to their advantage – thanks to this circumstance badgers did not become an object of fur-bearing.
Badger burrows often go underground to a depth of five meters or more, and in one hole sometimes live whole families of ten or twenty badgers.
Large accumulations of badgers sometimes build whole underground cities, the holes in which are connected to each other. Such cities usually have several outlets on the surface, usually well disguised.
Badgers are monogamous, as, for example, and swans. They find themselves a couple of times and for life.
The beast in the badgers is a very brave creature. He not only drags food from large predators, but also often catches poisonous snakes.
Badger burrows sometimes exist for centuries, and in them live many generations of these animals.
The awkward appearance of a badger can deceive an inexperienced predator – a badger is able to repel even a wolf or a large dog, although in most cases he prefers to escape from danger, if such an opportunity exists.
