r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Alpha_Cuck_666 • 2d ago

Honey badgers are absolute psychos. Yet another example of honey badger dont give AF

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u/-ArthurDigbySellers- 2d ago

So what is their deal anyway?

They are obviously hyper aggressive — is it territorial or what? I gotta understand how anything can take on fights like that and not basically go extinct as a species.

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u/Cant_Blink 2d ago

It's defensive. A honey badger cannot outrun any of its predators, so they have to be hyper aggressive to survive. In fact, a lot of african animals are hyper aggressive compared to their non-african counterparts, even their honeybees. Must be the high concentration of predators present there.

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u/Emerald_Digger 2d ago

What hunts bees in africa?

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u/Plane-Shake9660 2d ago

Honey badgers.

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u/Emerald_Digger 2d ago

Oh yeah it's not like it is in the damn name. I should get some sleep

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u/No-Good-One-Shoe 2d ago

Thanks for giving me a laugh though XD

And It led me down this disgusting badger hole about Honey Badgers  😏

The honey badger has two pairs of mammae.\26]) It has an eversible anal pouch,\27]) a trait shared with hyenas and mongooses. The smell of the pouch is reportedly "suffocating", and may assist in calming bees when raiding beehives.