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  Badger - MSN Encarta
Badger, mammal characterized by short, strong legs; elongated feet that are more or less plantigrade (heels touch the ground); and straight, strong toes adapted to burrowing.
Badgers are heavily furred, distinctly marked, and very strong.
The American badger is native to the western regions of North America, as far east as Ohio, south to central Mexico, and north to southern Canada.
encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761578791   (387 words)

  
  Badger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
\'\'\'Badger\'\'\' is the common name for any animal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: the same mammal family as the ferrets, the weasels, the otters, and several other types of carnivore.
Badgers may not be killed, nor their setts interfered with, except on licence from the government, with an exception permitting the killing of badgers in the attempt to eradicate bovine tuberculosis.
Badger baiting dog breeds are used to locate the badger in the tunnel, after which the diggers attempt to dig down to the badger.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Badger   (1189 words)

  
 Illinois Furbearer Guide: Badger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Adult badgers weigh between 13 and 30 pounds, and are 25 to 35 inches in length.
Badgers nearly disappeared from the state by the late 1800s, but their population eventually began to recover.
Badger fur is used most often for trim on cloth coats and in the manufacture of high-quality shaving brushes.
www.dnr.state.il.us /orc/wildlife/furbearers/badger.htm   (1033 words)

  
 Badger - GvE Encyclopedia
The badger is a subterranean omnivorous creature much more well known to the dwarves of Stonehelm and the people of Loamburrow than to human or elves.
Badgers are a common device on dwarven heraldry for this reason.
Badgers and hellbadgers are both very common pests and will do as nearly as effective a job in keeping down the local rat population as a cat or a fox.
www.goodvevil.com /wiki/index.php/Badger   (1103 words)

  
 Badger Badger Badger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Badgers (aka Badger Badger Badger) is a Flash cartoon by Jonti Picking, the creator of Weebl and Bob, consisting mainly of images of Eurasian badgers doing calisthenics, a mushroom in front of a tree, and a snake in the desert.
The Badgerphone is a semi-parody of Badger Badger Badger which combines the forementioned flash with the Bananaphone craze.
Badgers fall from the sky in a "badger, badger, badger" sequence, along with a couple of mushrooms.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Badger_Badger_Badger   (1538 words)

  
 Badger
Badgers live mainly in sparsely inhabited open land and in the United States are usually found west of the Mississippi.
Badgers mate year-round but are most active from February to May. Implantation of the egg in the womb is usually delayed until December, and the young are born the following February.
Badger cubs are born underground and spend the first 8 weeks in a special nursery area in the den.
www.wonderclub.com /Wildlife/mammals/badger.htm   (627 words)

  
 Western Riverside County MSHCP
Badgers are generally associated with dry, open, treeless regions, prairies, parklands, and cold desert areas.
Badgers may also scavenge prey killed by other predators or prey on species that co-use their dens, such as cottontail rabbits (Snead and Hendrickson 1942), but Messick and Hornocker (1981) found that scavenging carcasses was not common.
Badgers often remain in their diurnal dens for days or weeks during the winter in southwestern Idaho (Messick and Hornocker 1981), while in the summer in Minnesota badgers moved dens almost daily (Sargeant and Warner 1972).
ecoregion.ucr.edu /full.asp?sp_num=100   (1927 words)

  
 badger - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
BADGER [badger] name for several related members of the weasel family.
Badgers are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Carnivora, family Mustelidae.
Badger Income Fund announces an increase in monthly distributions and audited results for the thirteen month period ended December 31, 2004.
encyclopedia.infonautics.com /html/b/badger.asp   (472 words)

  
 Badger Adoptions
The population is witnessing a recovery due largely to the increasing activities of badger groups around the country who have contributed to changes in legislation which have led to further protection of Badgers.
The Badgers Act 1992 gave legal protection to badgers and their setts and it is now an offence to disturb or ill-treat them.
By adopting a Badger you are helping to support the work of conservation groups, providing vital funding necessary to carry out their campaigning and efforts to improve and preserve the wildlife and the surrounding countryside that they inhabit.
www.adoption.co.uk /badger   (331 words)

  
 Badger: Minnesota DNR
The badger feeds primarily on mice, ground squirrels, and gophers.
Badgers are also fond of snails, grasshoppers, bird eggs, honey, insect larvae, and snakes.
Badgers are found over most of Minnesota except in the heavily forested northeast.
www.dnr.state.mn.us /mammals/badger/index.html   (217 words)

  
 Forestry Commission - Badger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Badgers are found across Britain, usually in woods below 100 metres wherever ground conditions, such as drainage, and land use permits.
Badgers are omnivorous - they eat both animals and plants - and they are able to choose from a wide range of food, depending on the time of year, weather conditions and local land use.
Badgers are most easily identified by their fl and white striped head - the silver-grey hair on their body makes them difficult to make out especially in poor light.
www.forestry.gov.uk /forestry/Badger   (574 words)

  
 The Badger. The Animals of British Columbia, Canada - BC Adventure Network
They also eat birds, invertebrates, and carrion and are fond of rattlesnake; they are apparently unharmed by the venom unless the snake strikes its nose.
Forest succession and encroachment into grasslands is reducing the habitat of the badger, an animal vital in controlling rodent populations.
During the winter the body of the badger drags on the snow leaving a trough of sorts.
www.bcadventure.com /adventure/wilderness/animals/badger.htm   (310 words)

  
 Badger
Badgers possess a shaggy coat colored grey to brown with a conspicuous white stripe that runs from the shoulder to the pointed, mildly upturned snout.
The badger's diet consists primarily of ground squirrels and other small mammals like pocket gophers, kangaroo rats, and many similar burrowing rodents.
The common name ("badger") is probably derived from the white forehead marking which is borne like a badge (Whitaker, 1980).
museum.utep.edu /chih/theland/animals/mammals/badger.htm   (498 words)

  
 Badger Farm Systems - Forage Boxes
Badger offers an extensive line of forage handling equipment to help you bring in higher quality forage, and get it into your silos, bunkers or bags faster.
The Badger 1250 receiver box mounted on a tandem axle trailer is an ideal way to handle the needs of having to fill bags and upright silos along with bunker silos while obtaining a smooth ride with good trailing and maneuverability.
Badger reserves the right to change its products or this description at any time without notice or obligation.
www.badgerfarmequipment.com /badgerboxes.html   (1251 words)

  
 badger-watch.com :: welcome :: secluded wildlife watching holiday ::
The badger spoor (footprint) is unmistakeable and, as the badgers emerged, they left dirty footprints in the snow whereas the fox and rabbits left smaller clean footprints.
The badgers must have known that wet weather was coming as they changed their bedding again last night (another bale of straw went down the sett).
Badgers have been emerging from their setts between 11.30 am and 1 am for the past two weeks which I guess is down to the mild weather.
www.badger-watch.com   (3552 words)

  
 INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES, MATERIAL HANDLING, industrial equipment, shipping supplies, safety equipment, work platforms, work ...
Badger Industrial Supply and Equipment, LLC ladders and platforms section is a supplier of ladders, maintenance platforms, work platforms, tank tops, step ladder, rolling ladder, folding ladder, dock ladder and lifts.
Badger Industrial Supply and Equipment, LLC material transfer section is a supplier of material transfer equipment, hand lever hoist, electric hoist, conveyors, pallet trucks, manual lifts and cranes.
Badger Industrial Supply and Equipment, LLC drum handling section is a supplier of drum handling equipment, high volume drum pumps, drum dollies, drum dumper, drum crusher and drum accessories.
www.badgerie.com   (364 words)

  
 Tu-16 BADGER (TUPOLEV) - Russian and Soviet Nuclear Forces
The Badger's engine(s) are two turbojets mounted in wing roots which extend beyond the leading and trailing edges of the wing root.
Badger-A - Tu-16N -- A secondary mission for Badger A is as a tanker.
The Badger E is a modified Badger A reequipped to perform photographic reconnaissance, with a camera pack in former bomb bay and the pilot's forward firing gun usually removed.
www.fas.org /nuke/guide/russia/bomber/tu-16.htm   (2075 words)

  
 Badger
Badgers have lived in Britain since the Ice Age, and can be found throughout almost all of the country, being most numerous in the south west, rare in East Anglia and thinly distributed in Scotland.
Badgers are nocturnal creatures and lie up in an extensive system of underground tunnels and nesting chambers, known as a sett.
Badger setts are distinctive and some very large setts may have been in existence for many centuries.
www.workingforwildlife.org.uk /reserves/badger.htm   (396 words)

  
 NatureWorks - American Badger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The American badger has a flat body with short legs and a triangular face with a long, pointed, tipped-up nose.
Badger dens have one entrance with a pile of dirt next to it.
When a badger is threatened, it will often back into a burrow and bare its teeth and claws.
www.nhptv.org /natureworks/americanbadger.htm   (375 words)

  
 Badger - Colorado Division of Wildlife
Badgers are well protected from most predators by a thick hide and generally unpleasant disposition.
Diet: Badgers eat mostly burrowing rodents, such as ground squirrels and pocket gophers, which they dig up during evening or early morning.
In especially cold weather, badgers may simply retreat to their burrow to sleep.
wildlife.state.co.us /WildlifeSpecies/Profiles/Mammals/Badger.htm   (221 words)

  
 Badger :: d20srd.org
An adult badger is 2 to 3 feet long and weighs 25 to 35 pounds.
Badgers attack with their sharp claws and teeth.
A badger that takes damage in combat flies into a berserk rage on its next turn, clawing and biting madly until either it or its opponent is dead.
www.d20srd.org /srd/monsters/badger.htm   (295 words)

  
 badger
The Eurasian common badger Meles meles is about 1 m/3 ft long, with long, coarse, greyish hair on the back, and a white face with a broad fl stripe along each side.
The American badger Taxidea taxus is slightly smaller than the Eurasian badger, and lives in open country in North America.
Various species of hog badger, ferret badger, and stink badger occur in South and East Asia, the last having the well-developed anal scent glands characteristic of the weasel family.
www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0007423.html   (378 words)

  
 Badger
The badger's tenacity and extraordinary digging equipment enable it to make a living and to defend itself.
Badgers weigh between 12 and 24 pounds and are about 30 inches long.
The badger's grass-lined nest is in a chamber two to five feet underground usually at the end of a tunnel up to 30 feet long.
www.nps.gov /wica/Badger.htm   (217 words)

  
 EEK! - Critter Corner - The Badger
Badgers don't eat brats and soda like many "badger fans," but they are carnivores (meat-eaters) and hunt for animals found in grasslands like pocket gophers, ground squirrels, rabbits, and small birds.
Badgers will snarl, growl, and can give off a musky and smelly scent like a skunk if disturbed.
If you see a badger in the winter, you're very lucky, since they spend 90 percent of their time deep underground in their den or "sett." Believe it or not, the dirt inside the den keeps the badger insulated under the ground.
www.dnr.state.wi.us /org/caer/ce/eek/critter/mammal/badger.htm   (401 words)

  
 Badger Utility
Badger Utility, Inc. is a full service semi-trailer dealership headquartered in Madison, WI.
Badger Utility was founded in 1976 and is located at the intersection of Hwy.
Badger Utility is an authorized dealer for Utility, Stoughton, Trail King, Reitnouer, Wells Cargo, and Foster Trailers, as well as Carrier refrigeration units.
www.badger-utility.com /index.html   (174 words)

  
 Articles: Installing Linux on a Dead Badger: User's Notes, by Lucy A. Snyder
If you're working with a badger with damage to one of those areas, you can repartition one or the other brain hemisphere, but as noted in Step 2, using a brain-damaged badger is not recommended and may interfere with successful installation.
Please note that zombie badgers are banned in many municipalities in California and Wisconsin; zombie badgers must remain leashed at all times in Texas.
Zombie badgers can move at great speeds, and are prone to sudden acceleration; use proper caution when driving your zombie badger.
www.strangehorizons.com /2004/20040405/badger.shtml   (1662 words)

  
 Joseph Badger School District
Badger Elementary, Middle and High School form a 175,000 square foot state of the art K-12 facility that services the largest geographical school district in Trumbull County.
Badger Middle School is one of the select schools in Ohio to offer three grade eight classes earning high school credit; French, Algebra and Intro to Physics and Chemistry.
Joseph Badger offers a comprehensive co-curricular program coinciding with academic offerings and an interscholastic sports program which personifies team play, opponent respect and continued sportsmanship in all contests.
www.joseph-badger.k12.oh.us   (360 words)

  
 Badger, Minnesota MN, township profile (Polk County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Badger is a township in Polk County, in the Grand Forks metro area.
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Badger was $16,999, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Badger, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $375.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=268423   (485 words)

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