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00:48 - The honey badger, also known as the ratel,
00:52 is a mammal widely distributed in Africa,
00:54 Southwest Asia, and the Indian subcontinent.
00:57 It is the only species in the genus Melivora
01:06 and in the mustelid subfamily Melivorini.
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01:15 Despite its name, the honey badger
01:19 does not closely resemble other badger species.
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01:25 Instead, it bears more anatomical similarities to weasels.
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02:05 The head is small and flat with a short muzzle.
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02:18 The eyes are small and the ears
02:28 are little more than ridges on the skin,
02:30 another possible adaptation to avoiding damage
02:32 while fighting.
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02:38 The honey badger has short and sturdy legs
02:50 with five toes on each foot.
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03:00 The feet are armed with very strong claws,
03:07 which are short on the hind legs
03:08 and remarkably long on the forelimbs.
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03:14 It is a partially planty grade animal
03:25 whose soles are thickly padded and naked up to the wrists.
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03:32 The tail is short and is covered in long hairs,
03:44 save for below the base.
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03:54 The honey badger is mostly solitary,
03:57 but has also been sighted in Africa
03:59 to hunt in pairs during the breeding season in May.
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04:06 It also uses old burrows of aardvark,
04:16 warthog and termite mounds.
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04:25 It is a skilled digger,
04:38 able to dig tunnels into hard ground in 10 minutes.
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04:47 These burrows usually have only one entry,
04:58 are usually only one to three meters long
05:00 with a nesting chamber that is not lined with any bedding.
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05:14 The honey badger is notorious for its strength,
05:24 ferocity and toughness.
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05:35 It is known to savagely and fearlessly attack
05:45 almost any other species when escape is impossible,
05:48 reportedly even repelling much larger predators
05:51 such as lion, hyena and warthog.
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06:00 Bee stings, porcupine quills
06:07 and animal bites rarely penetrate their skin.
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06:12 If horses, cattle or Cape buffaloes
06:24 intrude upon a honey badger's burrow, it will attack them.
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06:30 In Kalahari Gemsbrick National Park,
06:47 a honey badger was killed by a lion.
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06:55 In the Cape province,
07:08 it is a potential prey species of the African leopard.
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07:17 African rock pythons, Nile crocodiles
07:32 and spotted hyenas also prey on honey badgers occasionally.
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