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The honey badger a.k.a. ratel

By Christopher Justin Tan Ong. The honey badger a.k.a. ratel. Honey badgers - love honey and look somewhat like a Eurasian badger. Ratels - Afrikaans word for “rattle” and make a rattle-like noise when growling. Introduction. How their names came about…. Classification. Kingdom: Animalia

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The honey badger a.k.a. ratel

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  1. By Christopher Justin Tan Ong The honey badger a.k.a. ratel

  2. Honey badgers - love honey and look somewhat like a Eurasian badger. Ratels - Afrikaans word for “rattle” and make a rattle-like noise when growling. Introduction How their names came about…..

  3. Classification • Kingdom: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Class: Mammalia • Order: Carnivora • Family: Mustelidae • Subfamily: Mellivorinae • Genus: Mellivora • Species: capensis • Closely related to weasels. • Have their own subfamily. • Not closely related to badgers.

  4. physical characteristics • White-gray top with black under parts • White mantle darkens through age • Muscular, sharp long claws, and bushy tail • Strong immune system • Loose tough skin Physical Characteristics

  5. male Female • Average male length: 39 inches • Average male shoulder height: 15.5 inches • Average male weight: 20-31 lbs • Average female length: 31 inches • Average female shoulder height: 14 inches • Average female weight;10-22lbs Male and female differences

  6. Distribution and habitat • They can live in almost all conditions.

  7. Big food Small food • Large reptiles • Large mammals • Small animals such as bugs and birds • Eats fruits, roots, and HONEY! Ratels have sharp strong claws because 80% of its food is from digging. Diet

  8. Bad relationships Good relationships • Attack humans when frightened • Raid barns • Dig under foundations to eat at livestock • Humans kill these creatures with traps, guns, and poison. • Protected in some countries • Reserved by some people Human relationships

  9. IUCN least concern Decreasing Main threat is humans Conservation status

  10. Female with cub Female and Male • Ratels mate year round. • Male home ranges may have thirteen female home ranges in it and may mate with all of them. • Babies born in a burrow, blind and naked. • Mom has 1-4 babies. Reproductive CHARACTERISTICS

  11. Male will protect female in estrus but will leave when the baby comes out • Mother will change dens frequently • 8 month male ratel is as big as the mom. • 14 month ratel is let go. Parental care

  12. Longevity and mortality Seasonal patterns • Lives 26.4 years in the wild • Lives 26.5 years in captivity • Nocturnal in the summer • Diurnal in the winter. • Usually nocturnal if affected by human activity. Longevity, mortality, seasonal patterns

  13. associations Defenses • Animals follow ratels because 40% of the food it digs goes above ground. • Honey guide leads ratel to honey. Ratel eats honey and the bird eats larvae. • Farts when hurt. • Rips of testicles then goes for everything else. • Sometimes attack humans in the same way. Associations and defenses

  14. 1972, a honey badger killed a lion. Top speed 15 mph most fearless animal in Guinness Book of World Records. Skin can stop machetes, some arrows, and some bullets. Skull can ‘lock’. Sometimes the ratel won’t let go until the enemy is dead or itself is dead. Females’ territories sometimes overlap. They pee on the ground to signify their presence. Fun exuberating facts

  15. They can eat almost anything. They have genius defense mechanisms. They’re skin can stop a machete. They can live in all climates. They’re fearless and carefree. conclusion

  16. Works Cited Firestone, Matthew D., Mary Fitzpatrick, Nana Luckham, Kate Thomas, Luke Hunter, Susan Rhind, and David Andrew. "Honey Badger." Watching Wildlife: Southern Africa ; South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia.Footscray, Vic.: Lonely Planet, 2009. 213. Print. Hearst, Michael, and JelmerNoordeman. "Honey Badger." Unusual Creatures: A Mostly Accurate Account of Some of the Earth's Strangest Animals. San Francisco: Chronicle, 2012. 54-55. Print. "The Honey Badger - MellivoraCapensis." The Honey Badger - MellivoraCapensis. Cool Web Disignz, 2012. Web. 22 Feb. 2013. <http://www.honeybadger.com/>. "Honey Badger (MellivoraCapensis)." Honey Badger Videos, Photos and Facts. Wildscreen, n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2013. <http://www.arkive.org/honey-badger/mellivora-capensis/>. "Honey Badgers @ National Geographic Magazine." Honey Badgers @ National Geographic Magazine. National Geographic Society, 2005. Web. 22 Feb. 2013. <http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0409/feature6/index.html>. "MellivoraCapensis." Animal Diversity Web. Hiller, 1999. Web. 22 Feb. 2013. <http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Mellivora_capensis//accounts/Mellivora_capensis/>. "MellivoraCapensis." IUCN Redlist. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2013. <http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41629/0>. N.d. YouTube. Dir. Navimaru. Perf. Navimaru. YouTube. YouTube, 24 Mar. 2009. Web. 22 Feb. 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPKlryXwmXk>. YouTube. Dir. Vlogbrothers. Perf. Vlogbrothers. YouTube. YouTube, 30 Nov. 2011. Web. 22 Feb. 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Jr9JKpsX8>.

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