Honey badger, Africa’s most fearless animal

By: Limpopo-Lipadi | Date: July 11, 2024 | Reserve

It is not often that we stumble across the elusive honey badger on the Reserve, so when we do we like to advertise it. For those not in the know, honey badgers are wonderful little creatures that have an undeserved reputation as nasty or ferocious. To the credit of their species, not much is really known about honey badger life and lifestyle. Some animals are easy to investigate and track, while others are just too smart and too elusive.

Honey badgers are solitary animals that spend most of the year on their own. They join up during mating season and sometimes hangout with a partner for a month before taking their own path once more. Not only do honey badgers avoid others of their own kind, but they also skillfully avoid the attention of people.

Usually they are diurnal animals, meaning they are most active during the day. But in places with lots of humans they switch and become nocturnal, thereby avoiding attention. They look cute, but don’t let their facade fool you. One of the fun facts about honey badgers is that they are known to attack lions. If you search on YouTube, you will find plenty of movies to testify to that. So, when you see a cuddly little animal with a bushy tail, don’t challenge its fighting spirit.
For such a small animal honey badgers have enormous brains. They are one of Africa’s cleverest animals, capable of tricking their captors and escaping any man-made trap.

They are one of very few non-primates known to manufacture and use tools. For example, they will roll fallen tree branches into position so they can climb to a food source. If they can’t dig under an obstacle, they will build ladders to get over it.
They are known to scrap with kudu, bite buffalo, and fight back against any animal that gets in their way. Which is why you should never approach a honey badger. But hey, life on the African savannah is survival of the fittest!
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