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Badgers quick question

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  • 21-05-2008 9:43am
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    [Deleted User]
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    Are badgers known to jump high ?

    If there was a 4 ft wall could a badger jump from the ground to the top of that wall ?

    Anybody know this ?


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    stevoman
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    AFAIK very doubtful, but im open to be proven wrong of course. i know a hare can easily jump that high if thats any good ( Im not presuming your trying to open an irish wildlife circus:D)


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    The Artist
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    not that i know of but this
    badger jump:D


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    gerky
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    I think 4ft would be a bit much but their quite good climbers and are fairly good at climbing suitable trees.


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    cowzerp
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    Yeah, i doubt it would try to jump it, but it could probably stand up and climb over a 4ft fence..

    Rush Boxing club and Rush Martial Arts head coach.



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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    I have seem them scale a 3-4foot fence, so yours probably climbed over.


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    Alun
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    Yes, a fully grown badger up on his hind legs could probably easily get his front legs over the top of a fence like that and climb over I'd imagine.


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    No this was an actual Jump. Ground to the top of the wall. It actually moved like a cat but was the size of a dog . 5 of us saw it and we couldnt figure out what kind of animal it was.
    One of the guys said it was a badger .
    Weird thing is it was only 20 feet away from us. I am not sure what the animal was. It has been playing on my mind.


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    Glowing
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    Fox?


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Weird thing is it was only 20 feet away from us. I am not sure what the animal was. It has been playing on my mind.

    If you were only 20ft away from a Badger jumping over a 4ft wall, I think you'd easily recognise it as a Badger!:D


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    Yes i know, but there were 5 of us and we couldnt decide if it was a Cat or a Dog or a Badger. Might i add it was dark. But we had torches. I think we will just have to leave it . I dont know what it was.


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    stevoman
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Yes i know, but there were 5 of us and we couldnt decide if it was a Cat or a Dog or a Badger. Might i add it was dark. But we had torches. I think we will just have to leave it . I dont know what it was.
    possibly a big fat tomcat id say!


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    :confused:
    Deleted User wrote: »
    Yes i know, but there were 5 of us and we couldnt decide if it was a Cat or a Dog or a Badger. Might i add it was dark. But we had torches. I think we will just have to leave it . I dont know what it was.
    :confused:

    If there were 5 of you within 20ft and you can't be sure, I'd safely say it was not a Badger!


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    Well , we could not agree on dog cat or badger. If i was to aliken it to any other animal it would probably be a Hyena . But that is not possible.


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    Glowing
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    It really sounds like a fox ......


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    blackbox
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    Glowing wrote: »
    It really sounds like a fox ......

    Did OP say what sound it made?:confused::D


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    I know what foxes look like as they live in my garden. It was actually bigger then a fox. Alot more muscular larrge chest . Anyway , i dont know what it was so i will leave it at that .


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