Embryos are held in a sort of suspended animation until until December- February, when they implant into the uterine wall and resume their development. Thus, althought a female is technically pregant for 7 months, the embryos develop for a mere 6 weeks. Litters of 1-5 offspring are born in early spring. Behavior Badgers are solitary animals. Typical population density is about 5 animals per square kilometer.
Badgers are mainly active at night, and tend to be inactive during the winter months.
The badger is an excellent digging machine. Its powerfully built forelimbs allow it to tunnel rapidly through the soil, and aparently through other harder substances as well. There are anecdotal accounts of badgers emerging from holes they have excavated through blacktopped pavement and two inch thick concrete. Their burrows are constructed mainly in the pursuit of prey, but they are also used for sleeping. A typical badger den may be as far a 3 meters below the surface, contain about 10 meters of tunnels, and have an enlarged chamber for sleeping.