The Honey Badger

                                Honey Badger 

               Honey Badgers are generally carnivores with a very heavy diet. Over sixty species of animals are known to be its prey. They will eat lots of smaller foods like insect larva, scorpions, lizards, rodents, and birds. They will eat larger reptiles to like crocodiles up to 1 meter long  and pythons  up to three meters long. They also eat highly venomous adders, cobras, and black mambas. Larger mammals such as young foxes, jackals, antelope, and wild cats ( smaller ones ) are also caught.


               Honey badgers seem to have an immunity to snake venom. If a honey badger got bit in the face by a adder it will hurt extremely bad, but within 5 hours it will be gone! This has to develop through there life time so the mother prevents snake encounters with the cubs until find they develop their immunity.

                Mellivora capensis is the species’ formal name (scientific name). It’s true that the honey badger has the Guinness Book of World Records title of "World's Most Fearless Creature." This creature will even go up against a porcupine. Hyenas, lions, leopards and pythons are all enemies (as are humans), but if those are considered your only enemies, you’re probably incredibly tough.


                   Ferocious and fearless animals aren’t always the smartest, but honey badgers break the mold. They’re so intelligent that they even use tools. A team of honey badgers used sticks, a rake, mud, stones, and pure determination in their attempts to escape. You can watch this, and all of Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem, on YouTube. 




Here are my sources The Honey Badgers Masters of Mayhem Video, The Honey Badger.com, and 11 facts about the honey badger.

                                                       By Ty Jenkins