In spite of the fact that these animals are widespread quite extensively, to meet a badger in the wild nature very difficult. Usually adult badgers are released only in twilight, and sleep off in holes in the afternoon. But sometimes it is possible to see in the warm summer how in the afternoon from a hole mummy takes out to get warm in the sun small barsuchat.
Appearance and habitats
The badger is very impressive representative of marten family. In length his body reaches up to 1 m weighing up to 12 kg, and at winter the small animal can recover up to 23 kg. The animal possesses a little head with the rounded-off ears, a wedge-shaped body with a scanty tail. On short, but impressive paws there are long, powerful claws thanks to what the badger perfectly digs holes and gets in food roots and root crops. At these animals long slightly rough fur, which on the most part of a trunk of a light and silver-gray color. The paunch is always painted in more dark of tone, and the head white, with wide black strips from sides.Today badgers meet everywhere: from Japan and to Europe. They are not really captious to the choice of the habitat, the main thing that the hole did not freeze through in the winter, and was not waterlogged in the spring. For this reason small animals do not live in conditions of permafrost and avoid a zone of steppes and deserts.
Living conditionsThe badger is a homebody, and usually his life does not overstep the bounds one and a half a kilometer zone from a hole. If the area is rich with food, then several animals can dig holes nearby. Usually badgers lodge apart only at a lack of food. The badger is engaged in construction of a hole personally, constantly changing its length or width. The hole has a difficult configuration. In it there are the whole system of galleries from several levels, openings for ventilation, a set of deadlocks and branches, nested cameras. The hole in length can be up to 80 m. But the main camera which is carefully covered with a layer of dry leaves, herbs or a moss is considered "the columned hall". If couple of badgers live quietly, then the hole devolves to their posterity. Each subsequent generation reconstructs housing under itself. Quite often badgers, breaking through the new courses, connect the next holes to the whole settlements. In the fall small animals acquire fat that in the winter to fall into hibernation. In one hole several individuals can winter, but for everyone "bedroom" - the nested camera is provided. In places with soft winters the animals go to a hole literally for couple of days.
Food allowance
The badger moves off in searches of food with nightfall, at the same time he is not concealed and rustles. He moves he is sluggish and it is heavy though perfectly floats. Hanging the head to the earth, the animal goes a small trot or a step. Badgers adore purity and about a hole at them always extreme purity. Forest badgers are omnivorous, but give preference to bugs, earthworms, slugs. They successfully hunt lizards, voles, frogs. Can eat large bugs, jamming green sprouts of plants, rhizomes, fruits, but will never begin to eat drop.