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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

You've missed out the Scottish snow badger. Like the regular European badger but about a third larger and completely white to blend into their (now disappearing) snowy highland habitats.
They are the sole reason hard plastic shell ski boots were invented after it was found that snow badgers have no problem biting through the old leather ski boots we used to use.
They hibernate through the summer months and only come out to hunt during the winter so it's very hard to get a photo of them.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 weeks ago

I look like one who would taxidermied those

[–] [email protected] 45 points 4 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 45 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)
[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 weeks ago

He's just a lil guy dies

[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Reality is that they'll both kill you. European badgers are just more classy about it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

"oh dear oh dear i'm so sorry about this, i really am."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

That sounds more like a Canadian badger

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

European badger will poison your tea. American badger will mount your freshly-severed head above his oversize fireplace.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Brother in law had a huge wolf dog. The kind that can put it's paws on your shoulders and look at you face to face. Massive. He got in a tussel with a badger and got tore up, took two weeks to heal. Then took off and came back with a 40 lbs badger in his mouth. Overall a 40 lbs meth badger = 150 lbs wolf dog.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Was it the same badger?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Badger Boogaloo 2 - Payback is a Bitch.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Dog had a bone to pick with that badger

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

That was a good boy

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

Mushroom mushroom.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Honey badgers will fuck up your shit simply because it was there.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago

could one say, they don't give a shit?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

I've witnessed a European badger stand up to a golden retriever much bigger than it barking and growling aggressively in its face and the badger stood its ground. I don't know if it was too scared to turn away or if it genuinely wanted to fight, but it was brave AF either way. (also I've never seen such a clean badger, but tbf most examples I see are dead on the road :/ )

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