Badger

This is getting off topic, but...

In this world, there's Mr. Beaver, Mrs. Beaver, and she says, you better not have been hanging out with Badger again.

Yeah, Badger is his name.

Is there only two beavers and one badger in this

world? No.

He's losing his mind.

Badger's badger.

So we've never said the word beaver on this podcast.

Beaver, aubergine, splash.

He's recently returned from almost a month exploring Brittany in his motorhome with his wife and dog, and has also just enjoyed a trip to the magnificent Isle of Mull with Apex, led by our very own Mike Phelps.

I'm sure we'll be hearing a little bit more about those experiences along the way, but his lifelong dedication to badgers is what stands front and center.

Badgers are undoubtedly one of Britain's most recognizable mammals, yet they are also at the center of one of the most divisive and emotionally charged wildlife debates in the country.

So today we're going to be getting to know Phil, exploring the important work of the Badger Trust, looking at the challenges facing badgers here in the UK, and digging yes pun intended into the science politics and controversy surrounding one of our most iconic mammals plenty to get stuck into phil a very very warm welcome to the world x podcast

Well, thank you very much.

But whatever you do, don't let one cross the road in front of you.

Welcome to the weird world of badgers.

Badgers have lived alongside us in Britain for thousands of years.

Hereupon the mother badger took long strides across the room, and as she had to pass in front of the strange visitor, she said, "'Ahan, allow me to pass,' which was an apology.

"'How, how?' replied the bear, drawing himself closer to the wall and crossing his shins together.

Mother Badger chose the most tender red meat, and soon, over a bed of coals, she broiled the venison.

That day the bear had all he could eat.

At nightfall he rose, and smacking his lips together, that is, the noisy way of saying, the food was very good.

He never lifted the door flap, but thrusting it aside, entered slowly in.

Always in the same place, by the entranceway, he sat down with crossed shins.

His daily visits were so regular that Mother Badger placed a fur rug in his place.

yeah well badgers i don't know they're

like you know remember the song what does the fox say what does the badger say i

think it's Yeah, I think it's I think the Badger is kind of quiet because it's more reserved.

I don't know if you ever see the Fox and the

Hound.

Well, I shouldn't probably say this because I know a lot of the Badgers and the Foxes listen to this, but I invested in...

Well, basically after the mission of one of the badgers, I said, what do you think of this? And I was recently in an antique shop with Abby and they had a stuffed badger the size, like you cannot believe the size of this thing.

And I thought it'd be good to kind of incorporate that as a trophy.

can't wait to see this.

I can't wait.

So is this going to be like the Badger's mascot that's going to go on future trips? I just thought it

was too good to turn down.

Dare I ask, how much did you spend on this stuffed Badger?