Badgers

Badgers' keen sense of smell is about 800 times sharper than our own. 3. Perhaps because of their powerful noses, badgers keep their homes in tip-top shape by creating a latrine pit as a bathroom. They won't defecate in their homes, instead making a pit out of dried grass and leaves just outside their burrow.

Why would a badger be out in the day?

 

• Badgers don't usually hibernate, but sometimes they will sleep for a few days or weeks in their dens during the coldest part of winter.
• The dachshund was bred to hunt badgers. ...
• The badger is the state animal of Wisconsin.
• Badgers typically live around 10 years.
• Where do badgers live in the US?
  
  Range. In the United States, the American badger can be found from the west coast to Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and Indiana. It is also found in southern Canada in British Columbia, Manitoba, Alberta, and Saskatchewan.