American badger

I anticipated this Badger's route and waited low and quietly as he trotted right past me at close range. You get a good sense of the size of those claws here. I'd hate to be on the receiving end of this in a fight!

The badger is the fastest digging animal on earth, and the strongest for its size. An American badger in the midwest was observed digging through the asphalt surface of a parking lot. It took him less than two minutes to disappear completely!

American Badger.

American badger

American badgers specialize in hunting burrowing rodents, so they are built for digging. They use their impressively long front claws to dig out dirt which they kick out behind them […]