It occupied a place of distinction, perched on the ship's pilot house. The Wisconsin was launched in 1898 as a flagship of the Pacific squadron. It was decommissioned in 1920 and sold for scrap two years later, some 20 years before the second battleship Wisconsin was built. In 1988, the State Historical Society of Wisconsin located the sculpture, which was returned to Wisconsin on temporary loan. It was then returned to the Naval Academy.
Badgers prey mostly on fossorial rodents.
Fossorial describes animals that burrow in the ground. They are apparently unharmed by the venom unless struck on the nose. Badger hair is used to make the best quality paintbrushes. The coarse bristles were formerly used in shaving brushes. . . Learn about Wisconsin's other official mammal, the white-tailed deer, at Geobop's state mammals .