The honey badger is famous for its strength, ferocity and toughness. It is known to savagely and fearlessly attack almost any other species when escape is impossible, reportedly even repelling much larger predators such as
lionand hyena.
[33] Bee stings, porcupine quills, and animal bites rarely penetrate their skin. If
horses,
cattle, or
Cape buffalos intrude upon a honey badger's burrow, it will attack them.
[29] In the
Cape Province it is a potential prey species of the
African leopard[34][35] and
African rock pythons.
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