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Lion

Panthera leo

The lion is the only truly social big cat, living in prides across African savannas with one small remnant population in India. Females do most of the cooperative hunting of zebra and wildebeest, and the species is listed as Vulnerable.

SavannaCarnivore
African bush elephant walking across grassland in Masai Mara, Kenya
Endangered
Mammalia·Savanna

African Elephant

Loxodonta africana

Bengal tigress walking through grass in India
Endangered
Mammalia·Forest

Tiger

Panthera tigris

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Honey badger walking through dry African bush with gray and black coatAnimal of the dayHoney BadgerMammalia

Today's field note

Honey Badger

Mellivora capensis

The honey badger is a tough African and Asian mustelid with thick loose skin and a fearless appetite. It digs for prey, raids bee nests, and ranges widely across savanna and scrub.

Habitat

Savanna

Diet

Omnivore

Family

Mustelidae

Trend

Decreasing

Status

Least Concern

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Notable animal facts

Featuring Honey Badger today

Handy highlights for quick reference, conversation, or the start of a lesson.

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Loose skin lets a honey badger twist and bite even while a predator holds it.

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They raid beehives for larvae and honey and can endure many stings.

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Honey badgers have been filmed attacking venomous snakes.

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A single adult may travel many miles in one night of foraging.

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They dig dens that stay cooler than the surrounding savanna.

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Despite the name, they eat far more animals than honey.

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Zebra

Equus quagga

The zebra is a striped African grazer of savanna and grassland, where no two coats share the same stripe pattern. It lives in family herds, feeds on tough grasses, and is listed as Near Threatened.

SavannaHerbivore
School of yellowfin tuna swimming in the open ocean
Near Threatened
Actinopterygii·Ocean

Yellowfin Tuna

Thunnus albacares

Wombat standing alert on forest floor in Australia
Least Concern
Mammalia·Forest

Wombat

Vombatus ursinus

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