Can I just say this competition is bloody epic. My wife has been asking me why I am even looking at an animal contest on a football website.
I didn't have a good answer. :)
The support for the badger comes from the same love of the underdog that so many of us have in football. Of course it has its limitations but given the size of the thing and the number of predators in its environment its hard as nails. I'll be sad to see it fall at the last hurdle but the croc...
What's this? Two hours and no riposte? Is the honey badger's "putting out the eyes" trick going to be the last word on this matter? There's still 12 hours to go until the polls close so where's all the campaigning?
OK. So this is a monitor lizard, not a croc, but check it out. Monitor lizard comes looking to eat a honey badger. Honey badger wakes up, bites lizard on the nose, gets it in a grip, puts the lizard's eyes out, and kills the bugger right there.
It seems that honey badger really don't give...