Question from Nicholas Quentin-Harper 21/2/99: Do Badgers eat smaller animals such as voles or squirrels?
• Answer: Hi Nicholas, thanks for the question. Yes, Badgers do eat small mammals, such as mice etc. However, I haven’t read any information regarding them eating squirrels and voles though. They have been known to eat hedgehogs – they are one of the few animals that can get through the creature’s defence by ‘unrolling’ it to expose its vulnerable unbelly. Hope this answers your question ok. Back to Index [46] Question from Benedict 21/2/99: Do badgers talk to each other? How do they communicate? • Answer: Hi Benedict, thanks for the question. I haven’t come across any information about how badgers communicate by sound, although like dogs and cats etc I daresay they use growls, body language and the like to communicate their ‘messages’. Smell is important for communicating territory ownership, ie. they deposit dung in small pits along their territory boundaries which acts as a sort of ‘odour fence’. Urine also plays a part. They also secrete a musky scent from a gland near the base of
