IT'S A BADGER!

Sinfonia

Urban foxes are all over Ranelagh these days (among other areas), but earlier tonight I saw a badger..!
I'd never seen one in real life before, so I didn't know what to do. Are they dangerous?

kfallon

I'd prefer to see a beaver any day

Gummy Panda

Sinfonia wrote: »

Urban foxes are all over Ranelagh these days (among other areas), but earlier tonight I saw a badger..!
I'd never seen one in real life before, so I didn't know what to do. Are they dangerous?

No they are the humbugs of the animal world.

woodoo

They've been known to kill a man

Mince Pie

Have you ever seen a badger run? They are like Usain Bolt with big ravaging claws. Beware!

JustRoss23

They can be quite dangerous and carry Tb:o so i would not be going petting it if i was you;)

My name is URL

Don't get me started on badgers

amacca

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyixC9NsLI

ollie1

I was waiting for someone to post that video. Badgers are evil I was chased by one when walking home one night scared the crap out of me.

They are alot bigger than I thought they would be.

Sinfonia

JustRoss23 wrote: »

They can be quite dangerous and carry Tb:o so i would not be going petting it if i was you;)

Yeah jaysus I just read this from wiki:

Badgers can be fierce animals and will protect themselves and their young at all costs, and are capable of fighting off much larger animals, such as wolves and bears. Badgers can run or gallop at 25–30 km/h (16–19 mph) for short periods of time.

DarkJager

The only way to escape a badger is to continuously cats roll toward it on the ground. That is your only hope of survival.

68 lost souls

Sinfonia wrote: »

Urban foxes are all over Ranelagh these days (among other areas), but earlier tonight I saw a badger..!
I'd never seen one in real life before, so I didn't know what to do. Are they dangerous?

They can be. If they grab a hold of you they wond let go until they hear a break so you need to break a stick and they can carry disease too. Was camping in Cork once and 3 came into one of the other tents. The kids in that tent had food in their bags and the badgers were eating the biscuits when we went over to see what the commotion was. The people on that tent moved to another tent that had space.

Nodin

Sinfonia wrote: »

Urban foxes are all over Ranelagh these days (among other areas), but earlier tonight I saw a badger..!
I'd never seen one in real life before, so I didn't know what to do. Are they dangerous?

As long as you've washed your nether regions in the previous 12 hours, you're ok. Otherwise they tend to think its another badger and go mental.

amacca

DarkJager wrote: »

The only way to escape a badger is to continuously cats roll toward it on the ground.

my concept of escaping is clearly at odds with yours?

DarkJager

amacca wrote: »

my concept of escaping is clearly at odds with yours?

Yes, but mine will either scare the badger off or have the Gardai load you in to a squad car and save you from it.

JustRoss23

Sinfonia wrote: »

Yeah jaysus I just read this from wiki:

Badgers can be fierce animals and will protect themselves and their young at all costs, and are capable of fighting off much larger animals, such as wolves and bears. Badgers can run or gallop at 25–30 km/h (16–19 mph) for short periods of time.

Be careful my friend if you should get cornered by one don't back down if you show fear your ****ed

Gummy Panda

Sinfonia wrote: »

Yeah jaysus I just read this from wiki:

Badgers can be fierce animals and will protect themselves and their young at all costs, and are capable of fighting off much larger animals, such as wolves and bears. Badgers can run or gallop at 25–30 km/h (16–19 mph) for short periods of time.

That's crazy talk. Badger be crazy to talk on a bear

JustRoss23

badgers have no fear i would not put it past one:D

RobbingBandit

Badger my ass, it's probably Millhouse.

OldIrishWulf

Sinfonia wrote: »

Urban foxes are all over Ranelagh these days (among other areas), but earlier tonight I saw a badger..!
I'd never seen one in real life before, so I didn't know what to do. Are they dangerous?

Lots of dead badgers all along the roads , I saw 3 today . Poor things .
My dogs tried to flush a fox out from under an old rusting combine harvester yesterday and today I saw a dead one close to the same place .All its hair was gone off its tail , mange or something . Poor thing .

Gummy Panda

JustRoss23 wrote: »

badgers have no fear i would not put it past one:D

Bear tank badger well

JustRoss23

Gota give the badger A1 for the try:D

Derinda

Sinfonia wrote: »

Urban foxes are all over Ranelagh these days (among other areas), but earlier tonight I saw a badger..!
I'd never seen one in real life before, so I didn't know what to do. Are they dangerous?

Only dangerous if you hit one while you're driving fast...

dodderangler

68 lost souls wrote: »

They can be. If they grab a hold of you they wond let go until they hear a break so you need to break a stick .

Urban myth mate
Same as lock jaw myth
All bullsh1t

djflawless

badgers are dangerous.very...
if they lock on they wont be letting go till they hear a snap..not to mention the spread of tuberculosis

JustRoss23

:rolleyes:

3ndahalfof6

How do you know it wasin an old woman with a badger coat on.

Sinfonia

3ndahalfof6 wrote: »

How do you know it wasin an old woman with a badger coat on.

Because it was a badger.

Yellowblackbird

68 lost souls wrote: »

If they grab a hold of you they wond let go until they hear a break so you need to break a stick

They've copped on to that now.
That trick doesn't work anymore.

JJayoo

Sinfonia wrote: »

Urban foxes are all over Ranelagh these days (among other areas), but earlier tonight I saw a badger..!
I'd never seen one in real life before, so I didn't know what to do. Are they dangerous?

You should be ok, as long as he didn't see you.......

TheLastMohican

Are known to go for virgins

Nodin

Sinfonia wrote: »

Because it was a badger.

How do you know it wasn't a badgery sort of old woman?

tinkerbell

68 lost souls wrote: »

they can carry disease too.

This is BS. Actually this whole thread is full of inaccurate information. Badgers are not dangerous unless you get up in their face and scare them, make them feel threatened or corner them so they've nowhere to go except towards you and try to defend themselves. It's just basic common sense, if you make ANY animal feel threatened, they will defend themselves.

And also, badgers are scared of humans, they will run in the opposite direction if they know you are there, their sense if smell is unbelievable. A badger will not make its daily agenda consist of "I must go chase after and torture some humans today" :rolleyes:

They are really beautiful animals.

Pherekydes

Badgers are vicious, but honey badgers are cute, furry little dotes. You can pick them up in the wild and cuddle them.

Frank Black

While quick over short distances, the common or garden badger has the turning circle of a car ferry.
My advice if you see one is to run in zig-zags.

Collie D

68 lost souls wrote: »

They can be. If they grab a hold of you they wond let go until they hear a break so you need to break a stick and they can carry disease too. Was camping in Cork once and 3 came into one of the other tents. The kids in that tent had food in their bags and the badgers were eating the biscuits when we went over to see what the commotion was. The people on that tent moved to another tent that had space.

Was this at band camp by any chance? This one time?

Zombienosh

BADGER ATTACKS

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/animals/newsid_3227000/3227123.stm

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-109397307.html

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-07-11/giant-badgers-terrorise-iraqi-port-city/97360

I'm scared.

corktina

so, what have we learnt? Boardies know nothing about Badgers...anything else?

The Road Runner

They're serious hardy creatures. I hit one in my car before and it was like hitting a block of cement

pickarooney

Just don't get into an argument with one. They'll keep hammering on with the same points, making ad-hominem attacks and basically trying to throw you off with any dodgy debating tactic possible.

tin79

Zombienosh wrote: »

BADGER ATTACKS

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/animals/newsid_3227000/3227123.stm

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-109397307.html

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-07-11/giant-badgers-terrorise-iraqi-port-city/97360

I'm scared.

Any animal that can be trapped using jam sandwhiches is nothing to be scared of.

Riddle101

Technically, any wild animal is potentially dangerous. I wouldn't put it past a Badger to attack a human if provoked. Now if we're talking about Honey Badgers, then you definetely have a problem.

Draydis80

I'd rather fight a badger than a goose. I hate geese, evil angry creatures.

tinkerbell

Riddle101 wrote: »

Technically, any wild animal is potentially dangerous. I wouldn't put it past a Badger to attack a human if provoked. Now if we're talking about Honey Badgers, then you definetely have a problem.

Yes, now honey badgers are bloody vicious. It's well advised for all members of the male species to keep a mega safe distance from them! :eek:

Knockmealdown Shepherd

Gummy Panda wrote: »

That's crazy talk. Badger be crazy to talk on a bear

I don't know....badgers know that bears are notoriously bad listeners so they just keep ranting and raving on about mindless drivel and the bears become confused as they can't talk back* and question the badger so they just wander off. It's a classic badger defence mechanism

*bears in captivity have been trained to talk but it has never been observed in the wild

Pherekydes

Pherekydes wrote: »

Badgers are vicious, but honey badgers are cute, furry little dotes. You can pick them up in the wild and cuddle them.

I detected just a hint of insincerity in this post, enough to warrant further investigation.:P


http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/wild/caught-in-the-act/videos/badger-bravery/

Those are some bad-ass badgers!

Plazaman

I'll tell you what you don't want to do, you don't want to try and pet a badger while carrying a jar of peanut butter and a tube of superglue.

RIP Grandad.

Jelly2

Sinfonia wrote: »

Yeah jaysus I just read this from wiki:

Badgers can be fierce animals and will protect themselves and their young at all costs, and are capable of fighting off much larger animals, such as wolves and bears. Badgers can run or gallop at 25–30 km/h (16–19 mph) for short periods of time.

They will not suddenly decide to chase you...unless you deliberately chase or corner them. They always seek to avoid contact with humans, and are shy, nocturnal animals.

Richard Hillman

Badgers are the Francis Begbie of the animal kingdom.

Anyone

Sinfonia wrote: »

Urban foxes are all over Ranelagh these days (among other areas), but earlier tonight I saw a badger..!
I'd never seen one in real life before, so I didn't know what to do. Are they dangerous?

They travel in single file to hide their numbers.

Sinfonia

Anyone wrote: »

They travel in single file to hide their numbers.

Aw, they think the world is 2D