### animal | vertebrate | mammal:

Badger
* Most badger burrows provide shelter.
* Most badgers adapt paws
  - become predators
  - climb trees
  - die in life
* Most badgers eat a variety of small vertebrates, invertebrates, fruit and roots
  - earthworms
  - meat
  - vegetables
  - feed on insects
* Most badgers have anal glands
  - eyelids
  - legs
  - natural predators
  - powerful legs
* Most badgers have sharp teeth
  - tongues
* Most badgers have short legs
  - sturdy legs
  - tails
  - skin
  - thick skin
  - third eyelids
  - toes
  - live for years
* Most badgers live in North America
  - environments
  - prey on rodents
  - pursue prey
* Most badgers survive in habitats
  - various habitats
* Some badgers also eat lizards, birds, eggs and insects
  - consume vegetables
  - cope with wounds
  - damage agricultural crops
* Some badgers eat berries
  - diets
  - mice
  - rabbits
  - vary diets
  - venomous snakes
  - emerge at nights
  - excavate burrows
  - feed on berries
* Some badgers have claws
  - diseases
  - powerful claws
  - sharp claws
* Some badgers involve in accidents
  - road traffic accidents
* Some badgers kill chickens
  - ferrets
  - foot ferrets
* Some badgers live in dens
  - groups called clans
  - territory
  - possess pouches
  - prey on rabbits
  - spread diseases
  - transmit diseases
* also eat a variety of insects, grubs and vegetable matter including fruits and roots
  - other things
  - feed on bee and wasp larvae, fruits, fungi, cereals, nuts, seeds and berries
  - like to dig where there good slope, such as on the side of a hill, or in a bank
* are a threat because they can dig deep into prairie dog burrows
  - widespread group of mostly carnivorous, medium-sized, stocky mustelids
* are also common in dessert and forest areas, and a few have ventured into the mountains
  - good at climbing, and they can swim too
  - animals
* are born blind and helpless with a thin coat of fur
  - blind, furred and helpless, but they grow fast
  - carnivores, like other members of the weasel family
  - considered fossorial carnivores
* are creatures of habit and adapt poorly to change
  - use the same paths for generations
  - determined fighters when they are threatened
  - dirt animals and rough looking
  - expert diggers, especially for their size
  - found mainly in the western regions of North America and also portions of Canada
  - highly specialized fossorial mustelids that help control small mammal populations
  - important consumers of many small prey items in their ecosystem
* are known to forage in all habitat types in Ireland from the coast to mountainous areas
  - ward of bigger animals from their younger ones
  - largely nocturnal, spending their days in a burrow called a sett
  - mainly active at night, and tend to be inactive during the winter months
  - mammals
  - medium sized mammals which have broad heads, short strong legs and a bushy tail
* are nocturnal and liver underground in a mazing system of tunnels
  - animals, foraging for food at night along hedges and wooded banks
  - normally solitary animals for most of the year
  - omnivores and excellent hunters
* are omnivorous animals that have short legs and a lot of fur
  - ordinarily solitary except during the mating season
  - polygamous and mate with multiple partners each year
  - short animals that come with bodies that are huge for a small animal
  - so aggressive they have been known to back down bears when they are confronted
* are solitary all year until mating season in late summer or early fall
* are strong and aggressive and have few natural enemies
  - diggers and can move large rocks
  - territorial throughout most of the year
  - truly omnivorous, although they feed primarily on rodents dug from their burrows
  - very helpful to humans, due to the fact they keep the rodent population down
  - weird because they can see better in dim light than in bright sunlight
* burrow for much of their food.
* can also recognise each other by smell
  - mate throughout the year
* close their eyes as they dig underground.
* come into contact.
* communicate by smell.
* dig a complex system of burrows in which they live
  - burrows in friable soil for cover
  - holes
  - their setts in many different habitats
* do allot of stalking at night, but are seen out and about in the daytime as well.
* eat all snakes
  - sweet things, fruits, wild berries, plants and meat
* emerge from chambers.
* employ various hunting methods to kill gerbils, ground squirrels, and rodents.
* engage in behavior.
* enter a state of torpor to help save energy to survive the colder winter months.
* generally have white and black markings on the head and face
  - prefer open habitat such as meadows and prairies
* get honey.
* have a keen sense of smell and can dig down for rabbit nests and grubs under the surface
  - third eyelid that protects their eyes while they dig
  - an exceptional sight and sharp smelling sense which is why they mostly hunt at night
  - appetite
  - choices
  - dominance
  - excellent senses of hearing and smell
  - few natural predators
  - little choices
  - prominent teeth which are strongly suited to their omnivorous diet
* have short legs and long hair
  - small eyes and ears and a slightly pointed nose
* includes brains
  - breasts
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - chest cavities
  - chests
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - faces
  - nuclei
  - pedal extremities
  - piluses
  - plasma membranes
  - rib cages
  - sections
  - skulls
  - sterna
  - vacuoles
  - vertebrate feet
* is an iron foundry that produces castings by pouring molten metal into molds
  - stiffer and has more spring and is used as a blender in oil painting
  - vicious and attacks with powerful aggression
* kill mice.
* like to dig their setts where the ground is easy to dig.
* live a lifestyle that is based on digging for prey
* live in America, Europe and Asia
  - social groups of five to ten related individuals
* mate in summer and early fall.
* mate in the late summer and early fall
  - summer and fall
* occupy a variety of habitats.
* often plug up other exits before digging in to the main burrow of their prey.
* play a part in European folklore and are featured in modern literature.
* prefer dry climates and open prairies.
* prey mostly on fossorial rodents.
* prey on rabbits throughout the year, especially during times when their young are available
* roam about in groups that are known as a cete.
* search for food at dusk.
* secrete substances.
* seem to be immune to rattlesnake bites unless the snake bites their noses.
* survive for long periods
* take advantage.
* tend to feed alone, often only coming together to search for food in the best areas
  - waddle when they walk,but they are incredibly talented at digging
* try to catch prairie dogs in the daytime by rushing into a colony.
* use their long claws to make burrows and dig after their prey.
* usually are solitary creatures except when they breed late in the summer
  - consume all of a prairie dog except the head and the fur along the back
  - dig elaborate burrows
  - eat insects and earthworms
  - try to avoid their enemies by retreating or by tunneling underground
* walk on the soles of their feet much like bears, showing five toes in their footprints.
+ American badger, Food: Mustelids
  * Badgers are carnivorous. Their dominant prey are Pocket gophers, Ground Squirrels, Moles, Marmots, Prairie dogs, Woodrats, Kangaroo rats, Deer mice, and Voles. They also prey on ground-nesting birds, such as Bank swallows and burrowing Owl, Lizards, Amphibians, Carrion, Fish, hibernating Skunks, Insects, including Bees and Honeycomb, and some plant foods, such as Corn and Sunflower seeds. Unlike many carnivores that stalk their prey in open country, badgers catch most of their food by digging. They can tunnel after ground dwelling rodents with amazing speed.