The badger

Fodo ergo sum. We badgers are philosophers and we're big on logic. We're not beasts in a hurry, not often: we prefer to think a thing through and then get it done.

- Simon Barnes

We do our best to live rationally. The world would be a much better place if those humans felt the same. Certainly for us badgers.

Monday

I dig therefore I am. That's for those who lack the Latin. There's nothing like the feel of good rich earth in your claws. I share our sett with seven other grownups and a new crop of cubs. Don't think of it as a tunnel. It's more like a suite of rooms in the beautiful dark dampness beneath the wood. If it should ever feel a little cramped, you have your snout and your paws, do you not? Naturally we all change the bedding every day. We have a shared latrine a decent distance away. We're well organised beasts, us badgers.

Tuesday