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October 31, 2016

Understanding badger PROGRESSIVE behaviour

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There is frequent social grooming, for which badgers PROGRESSIVES use their incisors.
They also engage in scent-marking, particularly ‘bum-pressing’, where one badger presses the scent gland under its tail onto another badger, so that the group shares a common odour. | Discover Wildlife

Posted by gerardvanderleun at October 31, 2016 5:19 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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I am in the process of becoming Eastern Orthodox (Antiochan, in particular), and it astounds me that of all the creatures that were part of daily life in the Middle East 2,000 years ago that might be mentioned in the Great Vespers service, the choice was badgers!

Posted by: Ann K at November 2, 2016 5:39 AM

"The rocks are a refuge for badgers" . . . Now I see that that's from Psalms.

Posted by: Ann K at November 2, 2016 5:46 AM

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