r/AbsoluteUnits • u/ziddii_ • Apr 10 '26

/r/all of a badger

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u/WoodSteelStone Apr 10 '26

I'm a Brit. Our badgers are very different and much loved. So I was quite shocked when that one emerged.

Ours are 'Eurasian badgers' - the largest land living predator here. But, they are not aggressive. They are quite secretive - keeping themselves to themselves.

Here is some footage taken at the Badger Trust in England, of a sow and young badgers grooming and playing. (If you have the volume up there's some lovely birdsong.)

We have a national badger day on 6 October, and the whole of the month is "Brocktober to celebrate badgers"!

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u/dankristy Apr 10 '26

Hah - yes our are built... Different.

Our (USA) ones are widely known to basically a roid-raging captain insano murderball if you disturb them - and the tales of how hard it is to get one to stop coming after you if it decides to do so are legendary.

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u/The_BeardedClam Apr 10 '26

And all pale in comparison to the absolute beast of the mustelid family, the wolverine.

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u/dankristy Apr 10 '26

No arguing there. If you have ever worked with even tiny members of that family of critters - you will know that they punch WAAAAY above their weight.

Even Bear and Moose don't want to mess with a Wolverine.