Video: Badger buries cow carcass in Utah, shocks science world
University of Utah biologists have caught a badger doing something that scientists have never observed before: burying a meal much bigger than itself.
The university released its finding and a video of the new behavior Friday. It shows the badger working on hiding the food, set to the tune "Yakety Sax," the Boots Randolf tune famous for its use in funny films and on television.
So, what is the big deal? The new behavior suggests that badgers may have no limit to the size of animal they can store for eating and it may play an important role in what happens to large carcasses....