- vision is good
- nails are sharp
- eat throughout the day
- immune to snake venom
- walk/ run like dogs
Honey Badger
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Systems of Honey Badger
- Circulatory System: Closed Circulatory System
- Nervous System: Common Nervous System
- Respiratory System: similar to a human's
- Integumentary System: Have skin but fur that covers them fully and sharp nails, that reach up to 40mm in length to protect them from predators.
- Digestive System: least specialized diet, also tougher stomach to handle venomous animals, such as cobras.
Video of the Honey Badger
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Reproduction System of Honey Badger
- The Honey Badger usually mates throughout the year.
- Gestation is held at 6 weeks.
- At most, one or two are born at a time.
- Young are born in burrows and carried the the mouth by the Honey Badger.
- The young of the Honey Badger is grown to adult form at six months.
Classification of Honey Badger
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Sub-Phylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Sub-Family: Mellivornae
Genus: Melivora
Species: Capensis
Sub-Species: Abyssinca
Honey Badger
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Sub-Phylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Sub-Family: Mellivornae
Genus: Melivora
Species: Capensis
Sub-Species: Abyssinca
Honey Badger
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