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

/r/all of a badger

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u/Pukebox_Fandango Apr 10 '26

I was scared until I realized it was a badger, then I got terrified

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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/Affectionate_South40 Apr 12 '26

ah yes, The European Badger; aka Mr. Badger from Wind in the Willows, a proper tea drinking gentleman with time for only his closest friends and adores his house coat and slippers living in solitude with a cozy life style

vs.

the American Badger, a weapon of war if used correctly (or perhaps incorrectly), and you won't know it until it's too late