Honey Badger
The honey badger (Mellivora capensis), also known as the ratel ( or ), is a mammal widely distributed across Africa, Southwest Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. It is the sole living representative of the Mellivorinae subfamily of the Mustelidae. It has a fairly long body, with a distinctly thick-set and broad back, and remarkably loose skin, allowing the badger to turn and twist freely within it. The largest terrestrial mustelid in Africa, the honey badger measures 55 to 77 cm (22 to 30 in) long and weighs up to 16 kg (35 lb). Sexual dimorphism has been recorded in this species, with males being larger and heavier than females. It has two pairs of mammae, and an eversible anal pouch. The honey badger is a solitary animal that can be active at any time of day, depending on the location. It is primarily a carnivorous species and has few natural predators because of its thick skin, strength and ferocious defensive abilities. Adults maintain large home ranges, and display scent-marking behavior. The species has no fixed breeding period. After a gestation of 50–70 days, a female will give birth to an average of one to two cubs that will remain under…
Chobe National Park
Botswana
+122 birds+30 mammals
Where the Zambezi River cuts through northern Botswana, one of Africa’s greatest concentrations of large mammals gathers across flood plains, […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNxai Pan National Park
Botswana
+83 birds+19 mammals
Where acacia woodland gives way to sweeping grasslands and stark salt pans, a landscape of raw African beauty unfolds across […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKhaudum National Park
Botswana
+57 birds+18 mammals
Where the Kalahari’s red dunes roll into dense mopane woodland and riverine thickets, a raw and unforgiving landscape rewards those […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKRanthambhore National Park
Sawai Madhopur, India
+126 birds+25 mammals
Where granite fortresses rise from the Aravalli Hills, a sprawling mosaic of dry deciduous forest, grassland, and ten interconnected lakes […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAgulhas National Park
Cape Agulhas Local Municipality, South Africa
+106 birds+30 mammals
Where the Indian and Atlantic Oceans collide along Africa’s southernmost tip, a rugged coastline of limestone cliffs and windswept grasslands […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPanna National Park
Badgadi Kalan, India
+136 birds+27 mammals
Where granite gorges slice through central India’s Vindhyan plateau, a landscape of stark beauty unfolds across nearly six hundred square […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKhaudum National Park
Namibia
+46 birds+16 mammals
Where mopane woodland gives way to sudden waterhole clearings and ancient elephant paths cross calcrete plains, one of southern Africa’s […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKEtosha National Park
Namibia
+62 birds+30 mammals
Brilliant white salt pans stretch endlessly beneath Namibian skies, interrupted by scattered acacia woodlands and mopane scrubland that characterize this […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWaterberg Plateau National Park
Okambukonde, Namibia
+124 birds+31 mammals
Where ancient sandstone cliffs rise 200 metres above the surrounding bushveld, a fortress of geology creates one of southern Africa’s […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTable Mountains National Park
Karłów, Poland
150+ birds+30 mammals
Where sandstone plateaus rise like ancient fortresses above forested valleys, Poland’s 108-square-kilometre wilderness unfolds across the Table Mountains. Vertical rock […]
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