If you see a skunk but it has big claws, it's probably a badger. It might look like something else because there are seven types. By the time you look back it might be gone. They can dig three feet in the ground per minute and in a pond they're good swimmers. They can dig their own tunnels. Badgers are weird because they can see better in dim light than in bright sunlight. Stay away from the badgers when they sharpen their claws. Badgers eat sweet things, fruits, wild berries, plants and meat. Most badgers live in North America.

I got my information from THE BADGER by Carl R. Green and William R. Sanford.

If you see a striped faced creature and he has sharp claws, it might be a badger. The badger sniffs the air for danger because he has a strong sense of smell. He uses his great sense of smell to protect himself against his enemies. Badgers can smell their enemies. The badger eats rats, rabbits, grasshoppers and plants. The badger lives under the ground. The badger digs really fast to make its burrow. The best time to watch badger is in the evening. The badger has 2 layers of fur.

I got my information from THE BADGER by Carl R. Green and William R. Sanford.

Illustrated by Liz C.

 If you're walking in park lands or prairies in the dusk or in the dark and you hear something snarling and hissing, it may be a badger. Does it have a white line across it's face? Does it have long sharp claws? If so, then it is a badger. The word badger means to bully or torment someone. In the 1800's a badger had to go into a large barrel with a dog and they fought until one of them died. The badger won most of the time. A badger weighs 10-20 pounds and is 24-30 inches long, tail included. The claws are 2 inches long. Badgers are omnivorous. They eat almost anything, like grasshoppers, ladybugs, mice and grapes. In Colorado the number of badgers got smaller because they ate poisoned meat and when people built cities badgers lost their habitat. If a badger gets bitten the animal will bite the loose skin so the badger will have time to scratch it. They can rip up to a 10 foot square patch of ground in minutes searching for prairie dogs and ground squirrels. Their enemies are wolves, lynx, owls and eagles.

I got my information from a book called THE BADGER and COLORADO WILDLIFE by Jeff Rennicke.