Badger

Size

Fully grown badgers are usually bigger than fully grown sows. They can be up to 3 FT in length and weigh up to 30 lbs.

Food

The diet of the badger consists largely of earthworms, insects, and grubs. They also eat small mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and birds as well as roots and fruit.

Habitation

Badgers prefer to live in dry, open grasslands, fields, and pastures. They are found from high alpine meadows to sea level (or below in Death Valley, California). The behavior of badgers differs by family, but all shelter underground, living in burrows called setts which may be very extensive. Some are solitary, moving from home to home, while others are known to form clans. Clan size is variable from 2 to 15. Badgers can be fierce animals and will protect themselves and their young at all costs. Badgers are capable of fighting off much larger animals such as wolves and bears. Badgers can run or gallop at up to 25–30 kilometres per hour (16–19 mph) for short periods of time.