Pic from Dirk Theron/ Magnus News Agency. Pic shows day two after an oryx
fight the badger challenged a jackal. There’s nothing sweet about this
honey badger, the amazingly angry animal which challenges anything that
comes close – even horned antelopes 20 TIMES bigger than it is. Wildlife
photographer Dirk Theron, 45, captured some stunning photos of the
spaniel-sized badger tussling with a huge oryx antelope. As these pictures
show, incredibly the badger challenged the much-larger animal to a fight
at a waterhole, even though an oryx comes equipped with impaling
metre-long horns. Despite being hurled through the air like a rag doll the
honey badger kept coming back for more, biting at the antelopes ankles,
before eventually the bemused herbivore left the scene. Lions have been
known to walk around honey badgers rather than getting close, such is
their reputation for ferocity, which is matched only by their northern
cousin, the wolverine. (see Magnus copy) pictures@magnusnewsagency.com
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