Baby Honey Badgers Also Don’t Care

Usually when you see a baby animal, no matter how scary its adult counterpart may be, it tends to be a little ball of cute joy. After all, it’s a baby and has never really seen the world; all it understands is playing and frolicking. However, when you’re a species as renowned for its ferocity as the honey badger, even your babies look a little bit ticked off. The ornery little weasel (literal, it’s a type of weasel) pictured above is just a few months old, and already its making a mean face. Strangely enough, that actually makes it cute to us, as it has no idea that it’s not fully grown yet and is ready to battle at a moments notice! Native to Africa and Asia, the honey badger is known in popular culture for the video it stars in that depicts its tough as nails attitude towards life. It’s always been known however to animal experts because of its tough hide and willingness to do whatever it takes to get food. Honey badgers have been known to get bitten by poisonous snakes just to get a meal, not caring about the fact that they pass out in the process. So yes, this little baby looks pretty huggable, but we probably wouldn’t try to get too close, honey badgers are more of an “admire from afar” kind of baby, and less of the petting zoo type.