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The Honey badger or ratel is a persistent little flesh eater that has a reputation for being, pound for pound, Africa's most valiant creature regardless of its little size. It is even recorded as the "most intrepid creature on the planet" in the Guinness Book of Records. The name badger was given to the nectar badger in light of its shallow likeness to the Eurasian badger, however the two species are not firmly related and the nectar badger is the main illustrative of a different subfamily in which it is the main species.
Numerous subspecies of nectar badgers have been portrayed, for the most part dictated by pelage varieties, yet the greater part of these subspecies are questioned by zoologists. The African Honey Badger in particular lives …show more content…

Every day the hot, humid air rises off the ground and collides with cooler air above and turns into rain. In the afternoons on the summer savanna the rains pour down for hours. There are a few distinct sorts of savannas around the globe. The savannas we are most acquainted with are the East African savannas secured with acacia trees. The Serengeti Fields of Tanzania are probably the most understood. Plants of the savannas are very specific to develop in this environment of long stretches of dry season. They have long tap roots that can achieve the profound water table, thick bark to oppose yearly flames, trunks that can store water, and leaves that drop of amid the winter to save water. The grasses have adjustments that demoralize creatures from eating on them; a few grasses are too sharp or intense tasting for a few creatures, yet not others, to eat. The side advantage of this is each types of creature has something to eat.
Many plants of the savanna also have storage organs like bulbs and corms for making it though the dry season. The African Honey Badger is has developed a natural immunity to the toxicity of snake venom and killer bees over a period of time. This is the world’s most fearless creature willing to pick a fight at any time with any predator, if escape is impossible. It’s main diet is honey and snakes but it feeds on many other animals that it can get

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