By M&C Bizarre Apr 7, 2008, 23:12 GMT
File this one under you may learn "something new" today. The Guinness Book of World Records named the Honey Badger of Africa the most fearless animal on earth.
Just watch this video below to see why.
The Honey Badger, also known as the Ratel, is a member of the Mustelidae (Badger)family. Wiki says they are distributed throughout most of Africa and western and south Asian areas of eastern Iran, southern Iraq, Pakistan and western India.
This tenacious low-slung beast can take on the deadliest animals on earth without fear. The honey badger consumes honey, porcupines and even venomous snakes (such as the puff adder). They will even climb up trees to gain access to honey from bees' nests or chase snakes down holes.
The Honey badger is a small carnivore that has a reputation for being, pound for pound, Africa's most fearless animal despite its small size.
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