Mammalia－Carnivora－Mustelidae－Mellivorinae－Honey Badger genus. Honey Badger length:about 60-80cm weight:7～14kg. Honey badgers live in a wide range of areas across Africa and some parts of Central Asia. They have a body that can adapt to various environments, so their habitat is also wide. They usually act alone and live while moving around instead of staying in one place. As for how far they move, it is said that males can move up to 25 km and females can move up to 10 km per day. They can move quite a distance!

Honey Badger looks like a badger but has a two-tone color of black and white. It is about the size of a Corgi dog breed. It is not that big and doesn’t look strong. However, carnivorous animals like lions rarely attack Ratel. Why is Honey Badger not targeted? The reason is related to Honey Badger’s personality and physical characteristics. Honey Badger’s personality is fearless. It challenges animals that are larger than itself or fierce animals. And because it attacks persistently, it is an existence that other animals do not want to deal with. Because of this personality, it has been registered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the “world’s most fearless animal”. Next, I will introduce five characteristics of Honey Badger’s body. 1）It has a powerful jaw that can crush things. Its jaw is so strong that it can easily crush hard parts such as bones and shells. 2）It can attack with sharp claws. It uses its claws to attack prey or to break apart beehives to eat. 3）It can intimidate with its strong-smelling scent gland. Like a skunk’s fart, it sprays a strong smell at its enemies. The smell is so powerful that it is said to take about a week to get rid of. 4）It has stretchy and tough skin. Even if an enemy bites its back, its skin stretches so it can counterattack by biting back. Also, because its skin is thick, it is not easily penetrated even if bitten by fangs. If you try to catch Honey Badger by the neck without knowing the characteristics of its skin, you may get bitten and seriously injured. 5）It has resistance to venom from snakes and other animals. It has resistance to venom from snakes so it is not affected even if attacked. Therefore, it attacks snakes in turn and eats them as food. As you can see, Honey Badger’s body is quite sturdy. It must be difficult to deal with animals like Honey Badger that are not affected even if attacked. It’s understandable why other animals avoid Honey Badger.

Honey Badger breeds by mating in the burrow around September to December. The gestation period is about 50 to 70 days, and one to two babies are born at a time. Since males do not participate in child-rearing, females must raise the babies alone. They raise their babies in the burrow for three months after they are born. However, they move to another burrow every three days instead of staying in one burrow. It must be difficult to move around with their babies in their mouths. After three months of life, they can eat normal food and live while moving to different burrows every day. They spend one to two years with their mother before becoming independent.