Honey Badger (scientific name: Mellivora capensis): It is a carnivore and a weasel. There is a great difference in body shape between men and women. Men sometimes weigh twice as much as women. The body is stout, the head is wide, the eyes are small, the ears can't be seen outside, and the nose is flat and blunt.

Strong body, powerful claws, can destroy the hive, thick skin and thick hair can resist the attack of bees, so it is named because it likes to eat bee larvae and pupae. Distributed in Africa, West Asia and South Asia. As the "most fearless animal in the world", honey badger has been listed in Guinness World Records for several years.

This species first appeared in Asia in the middle Pliocene. Some extinct close relatives are known to date back to the late Miocene at least 7 million years ago. These include "Mellivora benfieldi" in South Africa and Italy, "Promellivora" in Pakistan and "Howellictis" in Chad.

Further relatives include "Eomellivora", which has evolved into several different species in both the old world and the new world, and Ekorus, a giant long-legged badger from Kenya.

morphological character

Honey Badger is a large weasel, which is characterized by large skull, small eyes, strong body and muscular neck and shoulders. The body length is 60-70cm, the shoulder height is about 25cm, and the weight is 8- 12kg. Their size varies with geographical scope, and the measurement of African honey badgers shows that they are slightly larger than the individuals in the Asian population.

This species shows hermaphroditism, and the male is bigger than the female. Data from kalahari desert show that there are one third more adult males than adult females. Older adult men also have obvious scar areas on their backs (they are called "scars"), which may be the result of multiple bites.