Badger! Badger! Badger!

Badger! Badger! Badger!

Badgers are tough little animals. They can run up to 30 km/hour (20 mph) and have been known to fight of animals as large as bears (!). They're found throughout Europe, Asia, North America, and Africa.

I haven't seen references to South American badgers. Has anyone seen one in South America?

Also: a very strange video: http://tr.im/ss

Sabah, Malaysia

 Hazy blue mountains in Sabah, Malaysia on the Island of Borneo. Sabah is home to six national parks, including one dedicated to protecting endangered sea turtles.

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Spider Monkey

The Spider Monkey, of Central and South America. They live & hunt in the high canopy of rain forests, ~30 m above the ground. They're social, living in bands of 20-30 monkeys.

Do you think primates (monkeys, baboons, orangutans etc) deserve more rights & protections than other animals because of their closer relation to humans?

An Imperial Family

An Emperor Penguin and three chicks, photographed in Antarctica...

Weighing up to 37 kb (87 pounds), the Emperor is the largest living penguin species.  In the wintertime they trek up to 120 km to reach breeding colonies. They aren't currently endangered, but are highly sensitive to climate change.

The Wolf Spider

The Wolf Spider: A common critter throughout the world.

Their eight eyes (including the two prominent large ones) have excellent vision, which is useful as they're hunters. They rarely bite humans unless provoked. Their bites may itch a bit, but aren't dangerous

Do you like seeing bugs here, or do you prefer mammals & landscapes?

Baby Margay

A baby Margay - a Central American native.

Fully grown, he'll be a bit bigger than a very large house cat. Margays are amazing climbers, and spend most of their lives in the trees. They can jump about 5 meters vertically, and 7 meters horizontally.

Margays are considered to be "Near Threatened" due to habitat destruction.

Acacia and Storm

A lone Acacia tree before a storm in Kenya's Masai Mara reserve.

Acacias can be quite hardy. An Acacia in Niger was once the only tree in a 200 km radius (until a trucker knocked it down in 1973).

Isolated Acacias are central to local ecosystems, being especially symbiotic with insect populations.