The habits of badgers, the food of badgers?

A common name for the carnivorous order Mustelidae. There are about 6 genera and 9 species in total. It is the larger omnivorous mammal of the weasel family; The nose end has a well-developed cartilaginous nasal pad, similar to a pig's nose; The limbs are thick and strong, and the toes are all long and thick claws, and the claws are about the length of the toes.

It is found in Eurasia and North America. There are 3 species in China: dog badger, pig badger and weasel badger.

Dog badgers are widely distributed throughout China, and pig badgers and weasel badgers are mostly found in provinces south of the Yangtze River. Badgers rely on their keen sense of smell to feed on the roots and stems of various plants, earthworms, underground insect larvae, frogs and crabs by streams, rats in bushes, and even carrion. The whole body is a mixture of black-brown and gray-white.

The head and limbs are brownish-black, with 3 distinct white longitudinal stripes on the head. Hide in the cave during the day and come out at night. Dog badgers have semi-hibernation habits and a thick layer of subcutaneous fat in autumn to consume energy when they hibernate in winter.

Breed once a year, mate in summer, and give birth in the spring of the following year, 3 5 litters per litter. The morphology and habits of the badger are similar to those of the dog badger. Smaller than dog badgers, weasel badgers do not build complex burrows, do not hibernate, inhabit forests, hillsides, shrublands, fields and heaths, and often forage by streams.

When it comes to food, it has always been a mix of good and bad: Tasmanian devils often feed on dead animals on roadsides and in the wilderness. They have a good appetite, they never pick fat and pick thin, they eat whatever they have.

Gluttony, never satisfied: Tasmanian devils can eat almost 40% of their body weight in 30 minutes, never missing a chance to eat. They also often roam around farmland, where carrion is often found.

In general, Tasmanian devils eat when they have the opportunity and are never satisfied.

The fingers are soft and flexible, and can perform some jaw-dropping, difficult movements: Tasmanian devils have unusually soft thumbs and incredibly powerful mouths. Its mouth is much more powerful than a dog's, and when opened, it can form a 180-degree angle!

Tasmanian devils are few words and shy and afraid of people. They usually wait until the night when everyone is asleep before going out to forage for food, and they are all alone. Tasmanian devils are self-contained, reluctant to provoke right and wrong, and will try to avoid conflicts with other animals.

They feed on carrion, and occasionally roar to attack young or injured animals and try their food.

Sensitive sense of smell, good at digging soil, burrowing. Day and night. Most species live alone.

Feeding habits: Badgers have a very mixed diet, and like to eat plant roots, corn, peanuts, vegetables, melons, beans, insects, earthworms, frogs, rodents and other small mammals, small reptiles, etc.

The badger is a burrowing animal, with four short and strong legs, and particularly long forelimbs, which can be used to dig holes. The badger's ability to burrow is very high, and it basically inhabits the burrow in ordinary life, and hibernates in the burrow in winter.

The burrows of badgers are often found in these environments, in the slopes and dams of mountain areas, as well as on the banks of mounds and rivers; There are also terraced weirs in the mountains, on the barren slopes of cliff roots and forest edges, on the slopes of valleys with springs and streams, or in shrubs and forests.

The badger's cave is basically all in the shade of the slope, and some badgers are formed by using ancient tombs or natural caves to expand and deepen, but basically the badger's cave is dug and built by itself, and after years of construction, it is constantly deepened.

Therefore, the badger's cave-like tunnels are interconnected, intricate, showing a three-dimensional form, and there are many intersecting levels, and the scale is very huge. There are many exits, and there can be as many as a dozen. This allows badgers to have a good habitat to hide from predators and prevent people from catching them.

Carnivorous cats, which resemble domestic cats, but are larger than domestic cats. The base of the ears is broad, with black tufts of hairs at the tips of both ears and long well-developed hairs on both cheeks. Body color and spots vary greatly depending on geography and seasonal variations.

The body is usually brown or grayish-brown on the back, with inconspicuous light brown spots all over the body, and white on the ventral surface and the inside of the limbs. The tail end is black. The gestation period is 63 to 74 days, and each fetus gives birth to 2 4 litters.

It is distributed in the northwest, southwest and northeast regions of China. The number is decreasing day by day, and it is a national second-class protected animal.

The lynx is also known as the "lynx". They live alone in the depths of tall forests or on mountain cliffs. Nocturnal, mostly active in the morning and dusk.

Good at walking and climbing trees, it mainly preys on hares, squirrels, but also on the larvae of birds and cervids. When encountering an enemy, immediately climb a tree to take refuge. The plush of the lynx fur is slender and tight, and it is strong against cold, which is a more precious raw material for fur.

The hog badger is light brown or black-brown with a mixture of white; throat and tail white; There are white longitudinal lines from the tip of the nose to the nape of the neck, and a short white stripe from the corner of the mouth to the back of the head. From the plains to the mountains with an altitude of more than 3,000 meters, there are habitats, and the living habits are similar to the dog badgers, burrowing, living in caves or digging holes, and the sex is fierce, and the barking is like a pig. Poor vision and a well-developed sense of smell.

Nocturnal sex. The hog badger has a fierce temperament. When attacked by the enemy, often the front feet are lowered, making a ** roar, roaring like a pig, and at the same time can stand up the front half of the body with teeth and claws to make a fierce counterattack. Able to swim in water.

Poor vision, but keen sense of smell, seekers often raise their heads to sniff food next to their stalls, or dig through the soil with their noses. Hibernate habits. Hibernation usually begins in late October, and eating large amounts before hibernation causes body fat to increase.

After entering the sting, sometimes it is also out of the hole at noon when the temperature is high. In March of the following year, the cave began to be opened. Stupid boy.

Farmed badgers are generally edible, but wild badgers cannot.

After the artificial domestication of animal badgers, after the insecticide, sterilization treatment and standardized breeding, its meat products are edible after inspection and quarantine. Wild badgers are protected animals.

It is illegal to hunt and kill.

and wildlife.

and its ectoparasites are natural hosts to many viruses and bacteria, and the risk is difficult to pinpoint**, so not only should they not be eaten, but contact with them should be avoided as much as possible.

Morphological characteristics

The body is thick and fat, the limbs are short, the ears are short and rounded, the eyes are small and the nose is pointed, the neck is thick and short, and the toes of the front and rear feet have powerful black-brown claws, and the front paws are longer than the hind paws. The back has long, coarse needle hairs from head to tail, and the color is a mixture of black-brown and white, appearing brownish-gray; The nose end has a well-developed cartilaginous nasal pad, similar to a pig's nose; The limbs are thick and strong, and the toes are all long and thick claws, and the claws are about the length of the toes.

Badgers rely on their keen sense of smell to feed on the rhizomes of various plants, as well as earthworms.

and insect larvae underground, or hunting frogs and crabs by streams, or catching mice in the bushes, or even eating the rotting carcasses of animals.

The above content reference: Encyclopedia - Badger.