It’s early evening in the meadow when suddenly a striped face peeks out of a hole in the ground The face belongs to a badger and the hole leads to its burrow All day the badger has been asleep underground Now it will spend the night searching for food Badgers live much of their lives in burrows They sleep hide and raise babies there 4 A Secret Home
There are different kinds of badgers in North America Africa Europe and Asia These chunky animals have wide flat bodies and short legs Most have thick grayish hair on their bodies and white-striped faces Badgers dig burrows in open grassy places such as prairies and meadows 6 A Badger’s Body
The largest adult badgers can be more than 4 feet 120 cm long from nose to tail 7
