Perhaps you were expecting something nice about
turkeys, or the pleasant holiday that those of us in the United States will celebrate tomorrow? Well, today’s critter is
frankly just a whole lot more fun to contemplate. Several years ago, there was that viral video. You
know the one. "Honey badger don’t care, honey badger don’t give a s_ _ _!” Please don’t watch if bad language isn’t your
thing, and even if you liked it, also check out this fascinating and entertaining
segment of Nature entitled “Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem.” In it you will discover that “honey badger” is
synonymous with “tenacity.” So much so
that in South Africa, the Afrikaans name
for this tough guy—Ratel—has also been used for one of that country’s armored
military vehicles. Fortunately, today’s typo isn’t nearly as
persistent. There are only 4 instances
of Afrcia* in the OhioLINK catalog and 122 in WorldCat.
(Honey Badger (perhaps enjoying Thanksgiving dinner?) from Wikimedia Commons)
Deb Kulczak
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