Badger Quiz

1. Badgers are rarely seen because they have this behaviour:

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  Crepuscular
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  Diurnal
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  Nocturnal

2. Badgers live in an extensive network of underground tunnels and nests. What are these called?

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  Setts
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  Hideouts
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  Retreats

3. What is a Badgers main type of diet?

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  Omnivorous
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  Carnivorous
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  Herbivorous

4. What kind of small creature makes up 50% of a Badgers diet?

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  Centipede
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  Slug
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  Earthworm

5. Badgers are also known to eat carrion. What is carrion?

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  Rotten vegetation
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  Dead animal carcass
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  Severed animal limbs

6. What is a group of Badgers called?

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  A gathering
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  A Herd
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  A clan

7. How long is the gestation period for a female badger?

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  7 – 8 weeks
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  12 – 13 weeks
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  19 – 20 weeks

8. Badgers dig up the nests of which insects in order to eat their larvae?

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  Ants and Termites
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  Bees and Wasps
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  Beetles and Ladybirds

9. What scientific family do Badgers belong to?

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  Anatidae
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  Mustelidae
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  Erinaceidae

10. Badgers have the ability to produce a very unpleasant smell through which gland?

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  Anal gland
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  Nasal gland
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  Paw gland