Badgers are nocturnal and elusive, but remain one of the UK's favourite mammals. Like humans, they are omnivorous, although unlike us, they eat several hundred earthworms every night. Badgers are social creatures and live all together in large underground setts, comprised of a series of many interlocking tunnels, possibly up to hundreds, with nest chambers, toilets and several entrances. They inherit these setts from their parents, while always expanding and refining them. The resulting huge tunnel systems are, in some cases, centuries old.
Facts about badgers
Mass: 9.1 – 11 kg (Adult)
Speed: 25 – 30 km/h (Galloping, Short periods of time)
Length: 90 cm (Adult)
A male badger is a boar, a female is a sow and the young are called cubs.
Badgers remove litter from their sleeping areas (old hay, grass etc.) The badger (Meles meles)
Badgers are nocturnal and elusive, but remain one of the UK's favourite mammals. Like humans, they are omnivorous, although unlike us, they eat several hundred earthworms every night. Badgers are social creatures and live all together in large underground setts, comprised of a series of many interlocking tunnels, possibly up to hundreds, with nest chambers, toilets and several entrances. They inherit these setts from their parents, while always expanding and refining them. The resulting huge tunnel systems are, in some cases, centuries old.
Facts about badgers
Mass: 9.1 – 11 kg (Adult)
Speed: 25 – 30 km/h (Galloping, Short periods of time)
Length: 90 cm (Adult)
A male badger is a boar, a female is a sow and the young are called cubs.
Badgers remove litter from their sleeping areas (old hay, grass etc.)
The badger (Meles meles)
Badgers are nocturnal and elusive, but remain one of the UK's favourite mammals. Like humans, they are omnivorous, although unlike us, they eat several hundred earthworms every night. Badgers are social creatures and live all together in large