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Show -5- "I read that the badger will escape by digging himself underground so fast you can't believe it. But if he is cornered he'll charge man or beast," Jane chirped. Jimmie raised his voice to regain the floor. "Did you know that if a bobcat or a coyote made an attack on a badger it'll lose the battle? They got claws a mile long and lots of sharp teeth. They got a secret weapon, too-something called 'musk that's pretty stinky." Little Twirp raised his voice even louder, "Not as stinky as a skunk, 1 betcha!" "And badgers will fight each other," Jimmie continued his report. "They'll get their jaws locked in a death grip and won't even let go if ya' walk right up and kick 'era. They'll just die that way sometimes." Then it was my turn to expound on the digging habits of the badger. 1 started with the profound statement that a badger doesn't dig for the sheer joy of moving dirt and becoming very dirty like small boys do,, glancing at Little Twirp. "He digs squirrls, gophers, mice, rabbits and even poisonous snakes out of their burrows and eats them." I stated. "Wow! Even rattle snakes?" Twirp asked, his eyes wide. "He eats birds, lizards and eggs, too. And he digs to make himself a house to live in during the cold winter when the mother gives birth to her babies and where he sleeps during the day and comes out at night." I added. But most important, the report continued, he uses his two-inch-long claws to escape underground when man or some animal threatens him. He can dig a hole in which to hide in a matter of a few seconds, plugging the hole behind him. |
