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The honey badger (Mellivora capensis) holds the Guinness World Record for 'most fearless animal.' Despite weighing only 12 kg, honey badgers regularly drive lions and leopards from kills, tear apart beehives while being stung hundreds of times, hunt and eat venomous cobras, and have been observed escaping from locked enclosures in zoos by fashioning tools.
Honey badgers have incredibly tough, loose skin that allows them to turn around inside their own skin to bite attackers. Their skin is nearly impervious to bee stings, porcupine quills, and even machete blows. They are highly intelligent — classified as one of the few tool-using animals — and their immune system can neutralize snake and bee venom.
# Top 10 Honey Badger facts
- 1Honey badgers are partially immune to snake venom — they can eat cobras and even survive puff adder bites
- 2Their loose skin lets them twist inside it to bite attackers that grab them
- 3Zoo honey badgers have been observed picking locks, building ladder tools, and escaping repeatedly
Fascinating Facts
- ◆Honey badgers are partially immune to snake venom — they can eat cobras and even survive puff adder bites
- ◆Their loose skin lets them twist inside it to bite attackers that grab them
- ◆Zoo honey badgers have been observed picking locks, building ladder tools, and escaping repeatedly
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