American Badger, South Dakota
Yesterday’s post paid homage to the Kentucky Wildcats. Today’s celebrates their opponent in Saturday’s Final Four matchup, the Wisconsin Badgers. Apparently this guy isn’t feeling too intimidated. There are a dozen or so different badger species in the world. The species that occurs in the U.S. — latin name Taxidea taxus — is simply called the American badger. As most of you know, I like to keep my wildlife photography wild, but this particular American badger was photographed in captivity, living in a drive through wildlife park in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 400, f/3.2 at 1/1000th of a second