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Badgers
All about...
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Badgers are very shy animals that live in family groups. They are usually nocturnal.
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A badger's home is called a sett. The sett is an underground home, often with lots of tunnels. Badgers have to dig out tons of earth to make a sett.
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An adult can grow up to 1m long and usually weighs about 11 kg.
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Badgers have very powerful claws that they use for digging.
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A badger's nose is called its snout. They have a very good sense of smell.
They look for food with
their snouts by sniffing
the ground in front
of them.
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Badgers are omnivores and will eat lots of different foods.
Their favourite food
is earthworms and
they eat up to 200
every day.
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Badgers do less in the winter but they do not hibernate.
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People are the main enemies of badgers. It is illegal for anybody to kill, or hurt badgers.
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Badgers are closely related to otters, stoats, weasels, polecats and pine martens.
otterstoat
pine marten
weasel
pole cat
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Glossary
nocturnal - mostly comes out at night
hibernate - sleeps during the winter
sett - a badger's home