Re: The Honey Badger
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: pepperbelly</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: High Binder</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Wheres-Waldo</div><div class="ubbcode-body">How can a 30 pound HONEY BADGER get bitten by venemous snakes and stung by tons of bees and survive? </div></div>
See below, pretty interesting. Looks like it's fat is the key.
"The Hedgehog, the Mongoose, the Secretary Bird, the Honey Badger and a few other birds feeding on snakes, are known to be immune to an ordinary dose of snake venom; whether the pig may be considered so is still uncertain, although it is well known that, owing to its subcutaneous layer of fat, it is often bitten without ill effect." </div></div>
It looks like the Honey Badger was affected but overcame it with no ill effects.
Jim </div></div>
Yeah, it looked almost like he had to rest for a few while the toxin was metabolized or whatever you would call the process. Either way, they look like tough little bastards and make for great shaving brushes.