badger badger badger (was Re: Attack cat)

It's only the third time I've seen live badger, all of them from the
saddle of my bike. I'm guessing they can't hear you approaching.

Similar thing happened to me years ago in deepest Leicestershire. It was
the middle of winter, my batteries were so cold the lights were running at
fractions of a candle, and almost ran over him!

Dunno who was more surprised, him or me. Big b*ggers, though!

Steve

I once followed one some distance through an outer suburb of Reading. It was
dark and I had seen "some sort of animal" but a could not see its head and
misidentified it as possibly a black Staffordshire Bull Terrier pup with a
docked tail; and thought I would see where it went in case it was a family
pet which had gone missing.

Eventually it turned round and shook its head at me as if to say "look
mate - I'm a badger...."

at least my intentions were good I supose; and a wildlife book I later found
in Oxfam mentioned "the badger has a dog-like gait" which made me feel a
little *less* daft....

Alex

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Mr R@T / General Lighting
Ipswich, Suffolk, Untied Kingdom
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