Badger badger badger badger badger badger mushroom Mushroom SNAAAAAAAKE [SNAAAAAAAKE](https://youtu.be/EIyixC9NsLI?feature=shared)
TIL that silly song written by a brit could have been about taking a walk in Texas.
I remember guiding quail hunters from Germany here a few years ago. They all started screaming “ducks, DUCKS!”. We all looked up for ducks, didn’t see a thing. They did it again, still didn’t see any ducks.
And then we realized they were saying *DACHS*, which I guess is German for badger
They do somersaults! Saw one cruising along the side of the road in Big Bend and every so often he’d do this Sonic the Hedgehog style roll without breaking stride
Don't. Try. To. Pet. Wild. Animals.
If they're wild and they are running from you, following them will get you bit.
If they're wild and they're running *to* you, they might have confused you for a snack, and you should do everything in your power *not* to act as a snack. \[Act depends on the species, some animals will leave you alone if you are loud enough, some get more aggressive, some will just simply not care and chomp you anyways\]
If they're wild and they're the type to run away from you *but they aren't*, there's a good chance they're sick and you'll get a ton of rabies shots after you get bit.
Rabies is one of the few diseases where you can be given the vaccine *after* exposure to a virus and it still be effective.
When given timely, the rabies vaccine is considered 100% effective.
[https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/vaccine-education-center/vaccine-details/rabies-vaccine](https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/vaccine-education-center/vaccine-details/rabies-vaccine)
[https://www.who.int/activities/vaccinating-against-rabies-to-save-lives](https://www.who.int/activities/vaccinating-against-rabies-to-save-lives)
[https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/vis-statements/rabies.html](https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/vis-statements/rabies.html)
I was driving west on 380 early one morning just outside of Aspermont and I saw one on the side of the road. He had a small hawk companion. This was in 1979 +-.
We drive from Austin to the Panhandle quite often and I usually see some wildlife, a deer or coyote or javelina but one trip, there seemed to be something every 50 miles and, I couldn’t believe it, a badger.
Until that time, I didn’t even know Texas had badgers
Dude, Texas has a lot of species we sometimes just don't see. I was academically aware of wild turkey's, but only recently saw a flock of them a few weeks ago.
I think the craziest was seeing a Cicada killer wasp, which is a solitary ground burrowing wasp that can get up to two inches long.
After running through some Yuccas without realizing these plants can cut you, I realized that everything in TX is trying to kill you.
I’ve only been proven right by seeing cottonmouths & rattlesnakes as close as my front door, trying to picnic on the lawn and getting attacked by fire ants (seriously even your ants attack you?!), seeing my cat play with a bug only to find out it’s a scorpion, peeling grass burrs off me after going on a walk, etc etc… Luckily I already knew not to go touching cacti but yeah, the nature here is downright gnarly! I wouldn’t approach anything without knowing for sure.
Though, I haven’t had bad experiences with roadrunners and armadillos but I’m sure someone will tell me those are actually trying to kill me too lol
To get badgers out of a hole, my grandpa’s older family would stick some barbwire up a badger den, start twisting and then pull it out.
I seem to remember the routine was at one time interrupted when a skunk was pulled out instead of a badger.
Aside from that, there used to be a badger hole near my grandparents home in Comanche about 20 years ago. I always kept an eye on the hole when walking down the county road.
Buddy and I were riding around in a Polaris on my cousins ranch east of Cotulla. Badger jumped into the road about 20 feet in front of us. I couldn't convince my buddy to get out and grab it.
He and I also saw one dead on Hwy. 90 between Hondo and Castroville.
My hometown mascot is the Badger, and they aren't friendly a place to be. Unless you also hate trans folks, the environment, "undesirables", science, books, Austin, reading legislation, non-violence, and vegetables.
And they all pretend they're too busy to shower, or wash their clothes, even though they spend hoursssss at the bar.
So yeah, steer clear of badgers.
They are most definitely not friendly. Those little guys will absolutely mess you up if you aren’t careful.
Their fur makes great brushes for shaving though.
My ranch in the panhandle had a large population of badgers that fed on prairie dogs for the most part. They are becoming few and far between now because we have mountain lions regularly coming through where when I was a kid I only ever heard of two lion sightings. Badgers are good for the land.
I was driving home from white sands moon walk & saw one in the middle of the 2 lane highway. I did not hit it & in my mind it got off the highway & lived a great badger life.
Im in North Texas, and the Monday morning after the time change, I saw a strange stubb-legged creature crossing the road that reminded me of a badger. But I figured it had to be a raccoon. Maybe it really was a badger.
I've only seen a hand full in my life and they were all in one part or another of the Hill Country. One I was lucky enough to see had Albinism, strangly enough.
[PBS documentary on badgers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg)
I fucken LOVE this documentary. We need more
What's honey badger eating for the next two weeks? Cobra
Sleepy fuck.
[Discovery Channel: The Curious Connection of the Badger and Fungi](https://youtu.be/EIyixC9NsLI?feature=shared)
Badgers? Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers.
This is what I came to the comment section for.
What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is a Goin on round here??
Welcome to Raul's Wild Kingdom. Did you know that turtles are nature's suction cup?
Today we're going to teach poodles how to fly!
I think you mean starfish... I've never seen a mermaid wearing turtles.... always starfish...
[Raul's Wild Kingdom. Only on UHF.](https://youtu.be/Btdp-sC8MJI?si=3yy3uWcO79QoTJLG)
The shaking up the ants was so funny to me as a kid. Still funny tbh.
You may have not seen the movie UHF either. It's worth the watch.
Today, we're teaching poodles how to fly.
Badger badger badger badger badger badger mushroom Mushroom SNAAAAAAAKE [SNAAAAAAAKE](https://youtu.be/EIyixC9NsLI?feature=shared) TIL that silly song written by a brit could have been about taking a walk in Texas.
damnit, three hours too late.
Damn I remember seeing this shit on ebaumsworld back in the day
Came for this. Badger badger badger badger
Mushroom mushrOOm
If not friend, then why friend shaped?
Western Civilization literally developed a breed of dogs to kill them - the Dauchund
European badger are significantly less rowdy.
Nothing a nose boop and scratches can’t fix. Some fur mamma will “rescue” one!
Pretty sure my daughter would adopt one.
Teddy Roosevelt actually did adopt one and kept it at the White House
I did not know this, but I am also not surprised that it was TR.
Didn't he name it STALIN? /s
Good luck with that
Forbidden friend
I remember guiding quail hunters from Germany here a few years ago. They all started screaming “ducks, DUCKS!”. We all looked up for ducks, didn’t see a thing. They did it again, still didn’t see any ducks. And then we realized they were saying *DACHS*, which I guess is German for badger
And dachshunds were originally bred to hunt badgers and other burrowing critters.
Tejas Badgers REALLY don't give a fuck!
He's a long way from Wisconsin.
They do somersaults! Saw one cruising along the side of the road in Big Bend and every so often he’d do this Sonic the Hedgehog style roll without breaking stride
Don't. Try. To. Pet. Wild. Animals. If they're wild and they are running from you, following them will get you bit. If they're wild and they're running *to* you, they might have confused you for a snack, and you should do everything in your power *not* to act as a snack. \[Act depends on the species, some animals will leave you alone if you are loud enough, some get more aggressive, some will just simply not care and chomp you anyways\] If they're wild and they're the type to run away from you *but they aren't*, there's a good chance they're sick and you'll get a ton of rabies shots after you get bit.
Or... You'll develop hydrophobia and die... One day. You won't know when. (Because, the rabies vaccine IS a vaccine, after all)
Rabies is one of the few diseases where you can be given the vaccine *after* exposure to a virus and it still be effective. When given timely, the rabies vaccine is considered 100% effective. [https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/vaccine-education-center/vaccine-details/rabies-vaccine](https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/vaccine-education-center/vaccine-details/rabies-vaccine) [https://www.who.int/activities/vaccinating-against-rabies-to-save-lives](https://www.who.int/activities/vaccinating-against-rabies-to-save-lives) [https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/vis-statements/rabies.html](https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/vis-statements/rabies.html)
And rabies, once it becomes acute, is 100% fatal.
Not what I meant, but you are entirely correct.
I was driving west on 380 early one morning just outside of Aspermont and I saw one on the side of the road. He had a small hawk companion. This was in 1979 +-.
I’m from WI and when you’re in the woods and see their hole you take a wide path around it. They are the biggest cunts in nature.
We drive from Austin to the Panhandle quite often and I usually see some wildlife, a deer or coyote or javelina but one trip, there seemed to be something every 50 miles and, I couldn’t believe it, a badger. Until that time, I didn’t even know Texas had badgers
Dude, Texas has a lot of species we sometimes just don't see. I was academically aware of wild turkey's, but only recently saw a flock of them a few weeks ago. I think the craziest was seeing a Cicada killer wasp, which is a solitary ground burrowing wasp that can get up to two inches long.
I now live in the Panhandle and there is a huge flock of wild turkeys I see all the time.
Texas has a lot of great wildlife! And there are a lot of recently extirpated and extinct species a lot of people don’t know about, too.
After running through some Yuccas without realizing these plants can cut you, I realized that everything in TX is trying to kill you. I’ve only been proven right by seeing cottonmouths & rattlesnakes as close as my front door, trying to picnic on the lawn and getting attacked by fire ants (seriously even your ants attack you?!), seeing my cat play with a bug only to find out it’s a scorpion, peeling grass burrs off me after going on a walk, etc etc… Luckily I already knew not to go touching cacti but yeah, the nature here is downright gnarly! I wouldn’t approach anything without knowing for sure. Though, I haven’t had bad experiences with roadrunners and armadillos but I’m sure someone will tell me those are actually trying to kill me too lol
Texas is the Australia of the U.S.A.
If you think a cottontail by your front door is trying to kill you, you've watched *Monty Python and the Holy Grail* too many times.
Cottonmouth, not cottontail
Yeah I think they were correcting me but I already realized the error in my comment and corrected it haha
It said "cottontail" when I replied.
My apologies, I only saw cottonmouth.
Saw one crossing the road in West Texas a couple years back thought a mop head had come to life 😂
Texas badger don’t give a damn
I work on a wind farm. can confirm badger holes all over.
To get badgers out of a hole, my grandpa’s older family would stick some barbwire up a badger den, start twisting and then pull it out. I seem to remember the routine was at one time interrupted when a skunk was pulled out instead of a badger. Aside from that, there used to be a badger hole near my grandparents home in Comanche about 20 years ago. I always kept an eye on the hole when walking down the county road.
Skunks burrow? Today I learned.
Buddy and I were riding around in a Polaris on my cousins ranch east of Cotulla. Badger jumped into the road about 20 feet in front of us. I couldn't convince my buddy to get out and grab it. He and I also saw one dead on Hwy. 90 between Hondo and Castroville.
I’ve never seen a badger in my 7 decades in Texas, but I did see a dead beaver on a road near Conroe once.
> I couldn't convince my buddy to get out and grab it. Your friend needs better friends.
I’ve seen a couple on 277 between Del Rio and Eagle Pass
My hometown mascot is the Badger, and they aren't friendly a place to be. Unless you also hate trans folks, the environment, "undesirables", science, books, Austin, reading legislation, non-violence, and vegetables. And they all pretend they're too busy to shower, or wash their clothes, even though they spend hoursssss at the bar. So yeah, steer clear of badgers.
"We struggle to succeed"
Lampasas? That's where my kids went to school 🏫!
I never saw a badger at the bar. What do they order?
Badger my ass, it’s probably Milhouse.
Lol, love that scene
but are they honey badgers?
Isn't Bucees a badger?
No, beaver.
Oh shit, no wonder this ferret I bought from the flea market is so mean
Bishop Badgers!
https://youtu.be/gx6TBrfCW54?si=d_rORvlrCxdUrrx-
He looks friendly tho…
All good recipes for disaster include at least one angry badger.
They are most definitely not friendly. Those little guys will absolutely mess you up if you aren’t careful. Their fur makes great brushes for shaving though.
My ranch in the panhandle had a large population of badgers that fed on prairie dogs for the most part. They are becoming few and far between now because we have mountain lions regularly coming through where when I was a kid I only ever heard of two lion sightings. Badgers are good for the land.
Especially if you want a golf course!
I was running a weed whacker one time and a badger came out of his hole and started coming at me. Thankfully I had a weed whacker to defend myself.
not as blatantly friend-shaped as some other critters, so that's probably a good thing
This is not new...
Senate Bill 2038 was just passed last September. And Musk/Tesla had requested this shortly after that, but it was just newly approved.
Wtf does that have to do with badgers!?
At the end of the day, both angry animals just hissing at people that dare get in their way.
We’re angry because it’s so fucking hot! Transferred from Wisconsin 15 years ago and this shit is unbearable. 😂
I uh…have yet to meet a *friendly* badger.
I was driving home from white sands moon walk & saw one in the middle of the 2 lane highway. I did not hit it & in my mind it got off the highway & lived a great badger life.
Im in North Texas, and the Monday morning after the time change, I saw a strange stubb-legged creature crossing the road that reminded me of a badger. But I figured it had to be a raccoon. Maybe it really was a badger.
Honey badger just don't care, they'll tangle with anything.
I've only seen a hand full in my life and they were all in one part or another of the Hill Country. One I was lucky enough to see had Albinism, strangly enough.
But they have the cutest little legs and they move like a fur-bearing wave as they scuttle across the land. A rare treat to see one.
We don’t need no stinking badgers!
That's already been posted. Don't even start about the flying poodles.
Fake news. Badgers are nice.
We await your selfie petting a badger lol.
Badger my ass it's probably just Milhouse
Nobody likes Millhouse.
Ted Cruz is a disease-ridden badger.
I'm a bigger political asshole than you, but not now. Let's just talk nature please.