Pic from Dirk Theron/ Magnus News Agency. Pic shows a honey badger tossed into the air by an oryx after it challenged the much larger animal to a FIGHT. There’s nothing sweet about this honey badger

EXCLUSIVE: THIS HONEY BADGER IS DEFINITELY NOT SWEET – AMAZINGLY ANGRY ANIMAL CHALLENGES A HUGE ANTELOPE AND DOESN’T BACK DOWN DESPITE BEING SENT FLYING There’s nothing sweet about this honey badger, the amazingly angry animal which challenges anything that comes close – even horned antelopes 20 TIMES bigger than it is. Wildlife photographer Dirk Theron, 45, captured some stunning photos of the spaniel-sized badger tussling with a huge oryx antelope. As these pictures show, incredibly the badger challenged the much-larger animal to a fight at a waterhole, even though an oryx comes equipped with impaling metre-long horns. Despite being hurled through the air like a rag doll the honey badger kept coming back for more, biting at the antelopes ankles, before eventually the bemused herbivore left the scene. Lions have been known to walk around honey badgers rather than getting close, such is their reputation for ferocity, which is matched only by their northern cousin, the wolverine. And on the next day the same honey badger was photographed by Dirk, this time chasing away a jackal. Dirk said this particular badger wasn’t sick or injured, it just didn’t like other animals getting too close to it at a waterhole. The images were taken in Etosha National Park, Namibia, and have recently been featured in an African wildlife blog. Dirk said: “It was our first day in Etosha and this waterhole is one of my favourites because of the angle of the afternoon sun. “We were sitting there for a while with not much going on and we were actually thinking of going back to camp, which somebody excitedly said the words ‘honey badger’. “You don’t often get to show people a honey badger in the wild, few people believe you when you try and explain how ferocious and dangerous these guys are. “Well, this one as about to do a show and tell for us. It all happened so quick and was over in a few short minutes. You can spend years in the wild and never see anything like th

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