You may have seen footage of honey badgers fighting just about anything. Venomous snakes, rock pythons, even lions. This small and arrogant beast thinks it’s the king of the grasslands! However, a fight with leopards might make the honey badger rethink that messing with a leopard was a mistake, a serious mistake!
The honey badger is an important piece of the puzzle that makes for a vibrant life in the African savannah. Honey badgers are commonly known as fearless little predators. It is amazing that a beast that is only 0ft 11 long and weighs about 22 lbs can easily knock down and eat a king cobra or black mamba.
Honey badgers have very thick and strong skin, short but strong legs, each foot has five toes like a human. Its effective self-defense weapon is long claws and extremely strong sharp teeth. The mouth is always in a state of angry growling. But that was not enough to defeat the leopard, the most successful lone predator in the grasslands.
Instead of running away from the big enemy, the honey-back resisted fiercely. It even scratched and bitten the jaguar’s mouth.“The badger moved very skillfully. It had sharp teeth and claws. It injured the jaguar. The leopard sat still for a moment to lick the wound and then it launched more powerful attacks.