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Badger buries entire cow

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Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 31, 2017 at 8:32 PM
Badgers are scavengers and will eat most things. They have been known to bury small rodents and other animals for later meals. No one apparently knew they also bury larger animals.

Funny video from USA today showing an ambitious badger burying an entire cow - worked all night to dig a huge hole and cover it up.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/sciencefair/2017/03/31/badger-buries-entire-cow-itself/99877518/

Sandy
Posted by Richard Ditch on March 31, 2017 at 9:56 PM
Amazing - I would never have guessed this would happen. I lke the posture of the badger at the end of the video.
Posted by Jim Gavin on April 1, 2017 at 2:43 AM
Another example of the almost unbelievable things animals do.
Posted by David Schoen on April 1, 2017 at 1:04 PM
Sounds like April fools to me
Posted by Igor Doncov on April 1, 2017 at 2:18 PM
Wouldn't the meat decompose shortly and be inedible? That's a very ambitious badger!
Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 1, 2017 at 9:54 PM
Not much is "inedible" for badgers!
Maybe that is part of why they have such rotten dispositions!  angel

Sandy
Posted by Igor Doncov on April 2, 2017 at 7:51 PM

Maybe that is part of why they have such rotten dispositions


It's their badge of honor.