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Behavior

Most people do not see badgers because badgers are solitary and most active at night. During the majority of daylight hours, badgers sleep in their burrows. As for their fearsome reputation, badgers tend to avoid humans unless provoked. When cornered, badgers will fiercely defend themselves and their young, but usually given enough room, they will retreat to their burrow without any incident.

Badgers are highly specialized for digging. When burrowing, they use their large claws to dig into the soil leaving telltale scratch marks along the sides of the burrow. Throughout their territory, badgers will have several burrows and will often switch burrows within two days. Despite their "waddle-like" walk, badgers are highly mobile and have been known to move multiple miles in a single day. They patrol large home ranges that vary in side depending on food resources. If food resources are plentiful, their ranges are smaller, but in poorer habitats, they will range more in search of food. Also, during the winter in northern climates like Wisconsin, badgers greatly reduce their activity, but do not hibernate.

Badger kits (young) are born in spring and remain with their mother until late summer. Then, the young will move sometimes long distances from their mother's range to establish their own home range. This is a very dangerous time for kits as many are killed while attempting to cross roads and railroad

Read This Article and more at the Wisconsin DNR Website..

http://dnr.wi.gov/wnrmag/2010/10/badger.htm

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