. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. ^^ Photograph hy C. Beid, Wishaw, BADGERS AND FOXES IN SCOTLAND. By J. H. Crawford. THE badger is sometimes called our native bear, and he is the nearest approachleft to us since the brown bear was stamped out some centuries ago. He plantsthe whole foot on the ground—for that matter, so do we—and in disposition and someof his habits he is not unbeaiiike. Certain other hints link him more closely with themartens and weasles, notably the gland near the tail, of which the pole-cat or foumart(foul marten) makes such vile us
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. ^^ Photograph hy C. Beid, Wishaw, BADGERS AND FOXES IN SCOTLAND. By J. H. Crawford. THE badger is sometimes called our native bear, and he is the nearest approachleft to us since the brown bear was stamped out some centuries ago. He plantsthe whole foot on the ground—for that matter, so do we—and in disposition and someof his habits he is not unbeaiiike. Certain other hints link him more closely with themartens and weasles, notably the gland near the tail, of which the pole-cat or foumart(foul marten) makes such vile use. In many ways he may be looked upon as anintermediate form, and somewhat of a survival. Like the hedgehog and the mole heholds on by living mainly out of sight. Over the central lowlands and low eastern coasts of Scotland he is fairly generallydistributed, and, though unevenly reported, is probably very much more common thanthe man in the street or on the high road is aware of. Only night wanderers likehimself stumble on him and hear his grunts. The sun went
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