Mellivora capensis in Iraq Rampage

[Squink]

British blamed for Basra badgers

British forces have denied rumours that they released a plague of ferocious badgers into the Iraqi city of Basra.
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But several of the creatures, caught and killed by local farmers, have been identified by experts as honey badgers.
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UK military spokesman Major Mike Shearer said: "We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area.

At least they’re not radioactive.

[Dottygumdrop]

Sorry - can you clarify? Was it this one or this one that was rampaging through the streets of Basra?

[Squink]

@Dottygumdrop

this one or this one?

Plus a few of these; well, not rampaging anymore, but in the area.

[Man_With_a_Cat]

It was these

[Kythereia]

…I want an army of man-eating badgers now.

shifty eyes

[Wile_E]

@Squink

British blamed for Basra badgers At least they’re not radioactive.

Honey badgers? They sound like they’d be rather sweet. If these creatures are man-eating then obviously what they have there are chupacabras.

[Meurglys]

I think it must be these badgers:
link to video (I found it a little slow to load, but worth it! )

[Terrifel]

A Coalition spokesman publically denied the allegations.

[Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party]

Funny and all, but reading the Wikipedia page, I can see why they’re causing panic:

They have been named the most fearless animal in the Guinness Book of World Records for a number of years.

Ratels have such a great appetite for ravaging beehives that there have been cases of dead ratels being found stung to death within the hives they were trying to eat.

Several African tribes report that the honey badger attacks the scrotum of larger mammals if provoked and has even castrated humans.[

In one case, shown on an episode of Animal Planet, an old female honey badger that was nearly toothless and had one blind eye was attacked by a leopard. It took the leopard about one hour to try to kill the honey badger without success.

A marauding beast, impervious to assault by Leopards, going berzerk, castrating everything in sight :eek:

[Miller]

[Vaudevillian]Sounds like my ex-wife![/Vaudevillian]

[elucidator]

Badgers? Badgers? We don’t need no stinking badgers!

[Zebra]

Turtles, nature’s suction cup!

[Stealth_Potato]

And today, we’re teaching poodles how to fly!

[Tuckerfan]

Spying squirrel captured in Iran, Alcean accomplice believed to still be on the lam.

According to IRNA, the official Islamic Republic news agency, the national Police chief has implicitly verified the news about the confiscation of a number of squirrels, equipped with eavesdropping devices, on the Iranian borders.

[elucidator]

Natasha: Got squirrel! Moose next! Bwah ha ha ha ha!

Boris