Yep, those are European badgers. Probably getting more slugs and beetles than earthworms, unless it has been raining (then again, it is in the UK: of course it's been raining). In a strange piece of adaptation, badgers are extremely fond of neatly mown areas of grass, as they make the invertebrates easier to get at.
When I took a bunch of badger pics in '99, I wasn't above baiting the grass with clear honey, to get them to stay in one spot for a few minutes. The user icon pic, however, was purely opportunistic: I came out of work, the badger was right there, and I had the camera with me.
You didn't comment on my adorable AMERICAN badger!
Our badgers just eat squirrels, stoats and other little mammals. None of this earthworms and beetles and grub nonsense. Proper flesh-slashing, ill-tempered, bad-smellin' badgers. (just making up the smelling thing, but I bet they don't smell good.)
Nice job on the honey. So it's true - you can attract more badgers with honey? (Oh drat. It sounded really funny inside my head. I think it should have stayed there.)
I haven't met your American badger to find out if he is adorable, although he is kinda cute.
European badgers will happily tackle larger prey when the opportunity arises, but most of the time all that chasing around strikes them as too much like hard work (a bit like brown and black bears in that respect).
Yes, I am familiar with the Badger Brewery. If you ever find any of their wares, "Tanglefoot", "Fursty Ferret" and "Golden Glory" are all heartily recommended (hell, even the standard "Badger ale" is good stuff). "Blandford Fly" is very different, but enjoyable if the drinker is in the mood.
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When I took a bunch of badger pics in '99, I wasn't above baiting the grass with clear honey, to get them to stay in one spot for a few minutes. The user icon pic, however, was purely opportunistic: I came out of work, the badger was right there, and I had the camera with me.
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Our badgers just eat squirrels, stoats and other little mammals. None of this earthworms and beetles and grub nonsense. Proper flesh-slashing, ill-tempered, bad-smellin' badgers. (just making up the smelling thing, but I bet they don't smell good.)
Nice job on the honey. So it's true - you can attract more badgers with honey? (Oh drat. It sounded really funny inside my head. I think it should have stayed there.)
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European badgers will happily tackle larger prey when the opportunity arises, but most of the time all that chasing around strikes them as too much like hard work (a bit like brown and black bears in that respect).
flesh-slashing, ill-tempered, bad-smellin' badgers
To quote Scott Dorsey, "We don' need no steenkin badgers!"
As for your last point, I'm missing the joke, but with honey, badgers are like the proverbial Earth girls.
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarg.
Then again, this is probably the sort of badger you like:
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