Interesting facts about badgers Is a great opportunity to learn more about weasel animals. Badgers mainly live in mixed and taiga forests, but sometimes they also occur in high mountain regions. They are nocturnal, so animals are much less common during the day.
So, here are the most interesting facts about badgers.
- The body length of badgers ranges from 60-90 cm, with a mass of over 20 kg. Curiously, before hibernation, they weigh more than 30 kg.
- The badger makes its hole no further than 1 km from the water source.
- Animals from generation to generation live in the same places. Scientists have managed to find many badger towns, which are thousands of years old.
- Did you know that badgers can even fight wolves (see interesting facts about wolves)? However, they still prefer to run away from predators than to confront them.
- Sometimes badger burrows go to a depth of 5 meters or more. 10-20 badgers can live in such a hole.
- Badger fur is quite tough and not very pleasant to the touch. Thanks to this, they do not become victims of poachers.
- An interesting fact is that the badger is considered the only representative of the weasel family that hibernates.
- The badger belongs to monogamous animals, choosing a mate for itself for life.
- The largest number of badgers lives in the taiga.
- The badger is omnivorous, but still prefers food of animal origin. Even earthworms can be included in its diet (see interesting facts about annelids).
- When frightened, the beast begins to scream loudly.
- The badger is able to carry such dangerous diseases as rabies, tuberculosis of cattle and others.
- It is curious that shaving brushes are made from badger wool.
- During sleep, animals sometimes snore.
