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Your chances of seeing Honey Badger in Pilanesberg National Park
Trophy sighting. Honey Badger are one of the trophy sightings of Pilanesberg National Park: hard, but never impossible. Drive early and late, and open opspoor before you head out to see where they've been spotted recently.
When to see Honey Badger in Pilanesberg National Park
Honey Badger are most active during the day (06:00 to 18:00) and at night (19:00 to 05:00).
This is Honey Badger's general behavior. Once enough sightings are logged in Pilanesberg National Park, this page also shows when they're actually seen here.
Where to look for Honey Badger in Pilanesberg National Park: best roads
Drive
Moruleng, Thlware and Dithabaneng run through mixed bushveld: good country for Honey Badger.
- Moruleng3.9 km · mixed bushveld
- Thlware2.6 km · mixed bushveld
- Dithabaneng12.5 km · mixed bushveld
Picked from habitat, not from sightings. opspoor shows where Honey Badger have actually been seen recently.
About the Honey Badger
The honey badger is a powerful, highly adaptable carnivore found across much of Africa and parts of Asia. It has a distinctive grey back contrasting with a black underside, a broad head, strong claws and exceptionally loose, tough skin. It is an opportunistic omnivore and predator, eating rodents, reptiles, birds, insects, honey, eggs, fruit and carrion. Honey badgers are mainly solitary and are famous for their strength, persistence and ability to defend themselves against much larger predators.
How to identify the Honey Badger
Stocky, powerful mustelid with a broad flattened head, small ears, thick neck, short legs and a distinctive black body with a broad pale grey or white stripe running from the head along the back.
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