An illustration of a badger

Badger

A baby badger is called a cub.
More than one are called cubs.

A baby badger is called a cub.

Tap to hear one.

A snuffling, huffing noise, made mostly with the nose.

Three things to know

  1. Badgers live underground in a sett, and some setts are more than a hundred years old.
  2. They change their bedding. A badger will drag old grass out and fresh grass in, like making a bed.
  3. A badger can eat two hundred earthworms in one night.

Where you would find one

Underground, in a sett dug into a bank