Ann & Steve Toon / Honey badger (Mellivora capensis) feeding on a Leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa.

Sean Crane / Honey Badger (Mellivora capensis) resting, Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana

Rod Williams / Ratel / Honey badger {Mellivora capensis} captive, occurs in Africa, India & SW Asia, female

Pete Oxford / Ratel (honey badger) Okavango Delta, Botswana, Southern Africa

Alain Dragesco-Joffe / Honey badger (Mellivora capensis) tracks in the sand, Tenere, Sahara, Niger.

Emanuele Biggi / Honey badger (Mellivora capensis) scavenging from dust bins at Halali Rest Camp, Etosha National Park, Namibia.

Emanuele Biggi / Honey badger (Mellivora capensis) just outside Halali Rest Camp, Etosha, Namibia.

Francois Savigny / Honey badger / Ratel {Mellivora capensis} Southern Africa 2002

Francois Savigny / Ratel / Honey badger {Mellivora capensis} sniffing the air, Moremi NP, Botswana

Hermann Brehm / Honey badger (Mellivora capensis) with Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelis) Little Kwara, Botswana June

Hermann Brehm / Honey badger (Mellivora capensis) with Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelis) Little Kwara, Botswana June

Hermann Brehm / Honey badger (Mellivora capensis) , Little Kwara, Botswana, June. June