• Canopyflyer@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Wisconsinite here where the badger is native and the mascot for the University of Wisconsin is the Badger.

    This meme is inaccurate.

    The American Badger will also remove your kidneys and sell them on the black market as well, to support their meth habit.

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      4 hours ago

      I’m in new mexico and saw a badger crossing the road while I was driving to work. It stopped in the middle of the road, turned towards me and waited, like it was deciding whether or not to fuck up the large metal thing coming towards it. Then slowly turned and continued on it’s way when it decided I wasn’t worth it. No fear whatsoever.

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      9 hours ago

      The badger moniker comes from lead miners that initially settled the Wisconsin territory. They often didn’t even bother building homes at first and just lived in their wildcat lead mines, like a badger.