What is the animal nicknamed "flat head"? What does it look like? Do you have any natural enemies?

There are all kinds of animals living in nature, among which there is an animal nicknamed "flat head Brother" that is naturally bold and fearless. Then what is this? What does it look like? Do you have any natural enemies?

What is the animal nicknamed "flat head Brother"?

1. Introduction

The animal known as "flat-headed Brother" is a honey badger inhabiting the rainforests and open grasslands of Africa. Its fur is loose and rough. It is about the same size as a badger and can live for up to 24 years.

two。 food

Honey badger is an omnivorous animal that feeds on small mammals, birds, reptiles, ants, carrion, wild fruits, berries and nuts, and preys on poisonous snakes, especially honey. It has a typical reciprocal behavior with the honeycomb, often following the honeycomb that is good at finding the beehive but not destroying the hive, destroying the hive with sharp claws and sharing honey, and its thick and rough fur can resist the attack of the beehive. Ferocious sex, strong survivability; with the same kind of cannibalism, the cub survival rate is only 50%.

3. Protection level

Honey Badger has been included in the Guinness Book of World Records for several years as "the most fearless animal in the world". It is currently listed as a non-endangered animal on the 2008 Red list of Endangered species of the World Conservation Union (IUCN).

Second, what does "flat-headed brother" look like?

1. Body type

The honey badger has a gray back, loose and rough fur and a thick body. the average body length of males is 98CM, shoulder height 39CM, weight 9-14 kg; females average body length 91CM, shoulder height 35CM, weight 5-10 kg.

two。 Appearance

The head is broad, the eyes are small, the ears are invisible, and there is a blunt nose. There is a great difference in somatotype between male and female, and the weight of male is sometimes twice that of female. Honey badgers are as stout as badgers and have strong claws.

Third, do animals nicknamed "flat head" have natural enemies?

Honey badgers have natural enemies. Large carnivores such as wolves, spotted hyenas, lions and leopards prey on honey badgers. But the honey badger is a fierce and aggressive animal, and it is named "the boldest animal" by the Guinness Book of World Records, and its hard fur is also difficult to be bitten off, so its enemy is relatively less. large predators such as jackals, wolves, tigers and leopards seldom choose to prey on it.

Honey badger is basically fearless in nature because of its hard fur, sharp claws, smelly glands that can sob and ferocious character, so there is basically no serious enemy except human beings.