Badger

1/2500s at f8.0 ISO:800 Canon Mark IV 1D w/800mm, x 1.4 converter


Badgers are short-legged omnivores in the weasel family. Their lower jaws are articulated to the upper by means of transverse condyles firmly locked into long cavities of the skull, so dislocation of the jaw is all but impossible. This enables the badgers to maintain their hold with the utmost tenacity, but limits jaw movement to hinging open and shut, or sliding from side to side without the twisting movement possible for the jaws of most mammals. Badgers have rather short, fat bodies, with short legs built for digging. They have elongated weasel-like heads with small ears.
Medicine Creek, NE
 
10/14/2012