Honey badger By Jenna Pittman

Name of the honey badger The name honey badger means honey eater. The scientific name for the honey badger is Mellirora capensis.

MORE ABOUT THE HONEY BADGER The honey badger is from the weasel family They can weigh up to 20-35 pounds They have fairly long body. It is a vertabrete because it has a backbone. The honey badger doesn’t have antlers or horns but it does have fur , crest , and claws One interesting fact is its teeth can be worn away very easy. The color of their fur is they have a white spot on their head and the rest of their body is black and sliver. Their tail can be 20-30 cm long. They have four legs and they are long and sturdy

Locomotion My mammel is a honey badger it can move around. It can walk or run and jump. They are really fast so they can catch their prey and run away from them.

Diet Honey badgers eat a host of smaller foods like lizards and birds. They are carnivores so they may eat some meat also , but they have a extremely wide diet. When they are trying to eat is a bee comes up and trys to sting them on the neck it wont hurt them because the only senstive spot is their nose. One interesting fact is that in the food web they are secondary consumers.

Structural adaptations When the honey badger goes looks for a bee hive It will release a scent to help calm the aggrauted bees. They also follow the honey bird to the honey.They are nocturnal in the summer and the winter.

Defense and Offense When the honeybadger attacks large animals it goes for the scrotum. They are known as the meanist animals in the world people say they have no enemies.

Interesting facts The honey bird guids the honey badger to honey. They can dig like CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They are mean They are lazy at housekeeping Interesting facts

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