What kind of animal is Flathead Brother?

Flathead is a honey badger. He is famous for his frequent fights with large animals. Honeypot, the flat-headed brother became famous because of an emoji and the way he walked with a wind and fire. Honeypot has a bad temper and dares to risk his life, but he walks with a majestic attitude and is very cute. The name of Flathead Brother is Honey Badger. It became popular because many people use it to describe powerful people.

There used to be a very popular saying on the Internet, "Whether Africa is in chaos or not, the flat head has the final say." The flat head in this sentence refers to the flat head brother. In fact, the flat head brother is not a person, but an animal. Many people want it. Do you know what kind of animal Flathead is? Flathead is the honey badger living in Africa. They are known as the most fearless animals in the world.

In addition to being fearless, Brother Flathead also has a very powerful skill, which is that he is immune to all poisons. Brother Flathead has very strong resistance to snake venom. He is one of the few animals in the world that is resistant to snake venom, so Ordinary poisons are of no use to honey badgers.

Honey badger (scientific name: Melivora capensis) is a member of the Weasel family and the only species of the genus Honey Badger. It is distributed in Africa, West Asia and South Asia. They have been included in the Guinness Book of World Records for several years as "the world's most fearless animals". Because of their reputation for being bold and fearless, there are only a handful of zoos in the world willing to house honey badgers.

The species epithet "capensis" means "of the Cape Province of South Africa/of the Cape of Good Hope".

Honey badgers are about the same size as badgers. They have a thick body, a broad head, small eyes, no visible ears, and a blunt-looking nose. The body length is about 60 to 102 cm, plus the tail length is about 16 to 30 cm, and the height is about 23 to 30 cm. There is a big difference in body size between males and females. Males sometimes weigh twice as much as females. Female honey badgers weigh about 5 to 10 kilograms, while males weigh about 9 to 14 kilograms.

The honey badger preys on a wide range of prey, including earthworms, termites, scorpions, smaller porcupines, hares, and even larger prey such as turtles, crocodiles about one meter long, and snakes (including pythons and venomous vipers). Their fearless reputation comes from their tendency to attack animals larger than themselves.

In a National Geographic Channel honey badger documentary, it was recorded that a honey badger eats mice, invades a beehive and eats young bees, hunts and eats a snake, and eats almost everything. This fearless nature has also led the honey badger to be named "the most fearless animal in the world" several times in the Guinness Book of Records.

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