A badger can bury a cow by itself: Study observes previously unknown caching behavior

https://phys.org/ ^ | 03-31-2017 | Provided by: University of Utah

[stars & stripes forever]

Hmm. I wonder how many humans badgers have buried?

[Scrambler Bob]

burying an animal larger than itself.
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No big deal.

I watch a bunch of Scandinavian crime shows.

Happens all the time.

[jazminerose]

Let this serve as a warning to Hillary.

Are there badgers in the woods?

[upchuck]

Related:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3539819/posts

[Rebelbase]

Unlike it’s cousin the Honey Badger, this badger actually cares.

[laweeks]

So, Rosie O’Donnell can now have a place to stay when she goes out west. Wow!

[bigbob]

Naw, he don’t. Badger sitting there saying “Screw you, I got me a cow”.

[DAC21]

Interesting, but I still want to know what is cost taxpayers.

[Red Badger]

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

I’m sure you could do it to Badge! If you try hard enough!

[Red Badger]

I would use a backhoe.................

[Boomer]

Hey Red! Is this one from one of your litters? :) Something about the posture in that last picture...

[mass55th]

"Explore further: Bovine TB infection depends on feedback between cattle and badgers"

I watched a program a while back from Britain on how dairy farms were being threatened by the TB that badgers spread. The problem has been more prevalent in southern England and Wales. Badgers and their burrows are protected in the UK, which creates a huge problem for dairy farmers. Their herds have to be tested on a regular basis, and if one cow tests positive for the disease, the farm is forbidden from selling any of its milk. And they have to put the infected cows down.

[Red Badger]

There are soooooo many, I lost count at around 50 or so................

[TigersEye]

You have time to FReep and bury cows!?! Dang, Red, you’re a busy Badger. lol

[Red Badger]

Shoot - shovel - shut up..................

[FDNYRHEROES]

Interesting, but I still want to know what is cost taxpayers.

Interesting? Tax payer cost? Badgers? We don't need no stinkin' badgers...

[nobamanomore]

I used to run them down in the hayfields. Eventually they stop, turn to face you, at that point the game is over. They can dig a hole as fast as you can walk and just disappear underground.

[Hot Tabasco]

Badgers and their burrows are protected in the UK, which creates a huge problem for dairy farmers.

Got my lesson in badgers on my various pheasant hunting trips to N.W. Kansas by the land owner whose properties we hunted.

They're pretty much giant farmland rats and their burrows are leg traps for ranging cattle. Add to that the farmers who terrace their crops, the badgers cause enormous amounts of damage due to erosion caused by their burrowing........

On my last trip, one evening the landowner took us out coyote hunting with 6 of his greyhounds. While we never saw a coyote, the dogs did encounter a badger and it was a sight to behold, Each dog had a hold of a paw and one on it's head and they were trying to tear it apart. The badger was eventually killed but not before tearing open the hind leg of one of the dogs........They are strong, mean suckers!