Peek into the amazing secret life of badgers w/ wildlife artist - BBC

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[@mobolite]

“This has turned into a slight obsession I think” Has paintings of badgers, has a badger mug, spent 3 years building a habitat for badgers, watches badgers all day

[@carolinemacrae6227]

Mobolite art and dedication is about obsession. It is a very good thing, in this case I wish I lived next door to him.

[@mobolite]

@@carolinemacrae6227 I see your point, but argue that art and dedication aren’t synonymous with obsession. Obsession is a continual preoccupation, a priority. You can be dedicated to something or someone without revolving your life around it. As for art, most artists aren’t obsessed with what they create. I’m was just making a joke about his use of the adjective “slight” to describe his obsession :)

[@carolinemacrae6227]

@@mobolite slight obsession, yes not possible. Huge obsession, slight interest. I'm on autistic spectrum so I have to be obsessed in order to do anything. It could be a handicap or a gift. Sistine Chapel, is a good example of obsession.

[@maltdairy2164]

Basically, he badgers the badgers.

[@G_O_E_T_I_A]

He’s a true Hufflepuff.

[@Laia92]

Or "red badger", as we call Hufflepuff il Italy xD

[@factsoftheconfederacy7151]

I was thinking the same thing

[@carolinas.k.1440]

Ironic that i came for badger reference... for a Hufflepuff painting

[@rps360-hx]

This comment needs more love man

[@fightermma]

This guy cares for badgers more than some parents care for their kids.

[@richardharoldmeddows728]

That isn’t a good thing, but badgers deserve respect more than humans.

[@StANTo]

Their badger cam should be a livestream on the internet.

[@theJuggler07]

This is cute. I absolutely love badgers

[@gordondean2165]

A truly magnificent obsession. I hope you and your badgers have a long and mutually beneficial relationship.

[@tessmorris1692]

The other day I saw a badger laying lifeless by the side of the road. It was the first time I’d seen one in person and I sat next to the little thing and cried until somebody took it. It’s been on my mind every since, I can’t stop thinking about how beautiful this lovely animal was, and how undignified the sight was. I know it’s morbid but this video has helped me a lot ❤️

[@tom4412]

Think yourself lucky it wasn’t you that hit it with your car, They do a lot of costly damage

[@lilsamantha1]

The same thing happened to me but it was with an opposum. It a young adult. They are lovely animals, look ugly from the outside but i took care of him when he got hit by a car. I will always remember it.

[@breadman2983]

they're nice animals, but they're usually disease ridden, spreading it too other animals and despite their reclusive nature giving off the idea of there being few of them. There are a massive amount of Badgers in the UK, they're overpopulated. Dont feel too bad about it, getting hit by a car is a quick and painless way to go out.

[@tessmorris1692]

@@breadman2983 I know all of that but it’s not pleasant seeing a dead animal in the street, diseased or not

[@scudger99]

Breakfast for red kites and buzzards.

[@seewhaticando3885]

European badger's are just adorable! Their little ears and weird faces just too cute!

[@pegmay7209]

European badgers look so nice; like they’re about to invite you into their home and offer you a cup of tea. Then there’s the American badger and they look like they’re about to mug you in broad daylight.

[@tabbymrp]

3 years to build a badger big brother house! He is my hero!!!!

[@kmastanz]

when that one who yawned made a yawn sound I nearly died of cuteness !!!

[@LilyIglesias]

This guy is a true Hufflepuff 🖤💛

[@richardharoldmeddows728]

Badgers are too powerful. They’re going to take over humanity and overrule our leaders. We will eventually be living in a world dominated by badgers. That will be awesome

[@mohammedmahmood3387]

This guy proved that stupidity is limitless

[@JulieWallis1963]

We have badgers visit every night. We put out peanuts or cat food for them. We watch them every night. Most often from our bedroom window. They are incredibly noisy when they eat. But oh so lovely. Last year mum bought her babies to our garden, they quickly began visiting us on their own. All of this is not unusual but I should mention we live in a city, fingers crossed my badgers stay safe.

[@tom4412]

If ever you want rid of them mix a large dose of paracetamol with meaty cat food.

[@lisashelton8728]

My maiden name is Badger, and I'm honored to call these adorable creatures "cousin" 😉

[@saffrons12]

I really needed this today. 👌🦡🐾

[@richardharoldmeddows728]

Don’t we all?

[@18Bees]

With more time on my hands I set up two wildlife cams. Fascinating to see what goes on in my garden at night. ❤️

[@hitatchitrucking1907]

same here buddy.

[@JustMe-vk4fn]

It's a real eye-opener, isn't it? :) Enjoy. We feed the birds wild bird seed and the squirrels raw in-shell peanuts in the backyard all year long. Apparently, they've learned to keep an eye on our back door in the A.M. because even little sparrows will be waiting for us in the morning along with the blue jays, red cardinals and squirrels. We have a small Jack Russell terrier and it's quite a show while sitting on the patio during fair weather. The dog pretends to chase the squirrels and the squirrels pretend to run. :D

[@susanhughan2198]

Just Me That’s so cool !! 🤗🙏🏼

[@somethinggood9267]

Wow!!

[@fightermma]

I literally saw a monster at 3am a few years back crossing the road (not busy at all at the time). I left my phone at home which I regret. How do I go about setting up a camera? Where would I put it?

[@WildlifeBox]

Really inspiring video! Great to see his love of painting and love of art coming together!

[@SaraMKay]

my badger highlights - badger climbing willow tree (to rip down the bird feeder) - badger interactions with marten, fox and cats at night (who's boss) - badger introducing their offspring to 'their' family territory - badger rather violent court ship - badger acting like a vacuum cleaner with their terrific noses

[@carolinemacrae6227]

I wish i was near a badger sanctuary. I want to get to know at least one badger.

[@AlexCollinsWaC]

amazing- I've always wanted to see what life is like inside a badger set

[@piretiris8223]

Badgers are really underrated animals!

[@SaraMKay]

I'm addicted to watch our badger family forage at night in the garden - 2 badger cams currently recording 😍 can't wait until they show up with the little one/s 😍 (after witnessing kinda violent badger-love-making earlier this year)

[@garrettmorose2186]

He REALLY loves badgers! So cute!

[@HunterAlejandro]

So cute Badgers)♥️

[@shadypinesma8909]

Absolute genius! What a way to help wildlife, and get to see intimacies that few people ever do! Thank you 😊❤️

[@jeanross7430]

How enterprising of you. I would be glued to the screen day and night.. The painting looks wonderful too What a lovely combination. Art and badger watching. Their interaction with other wildlife is just fascinating.

[@PJ3232PJ]

This is so wholesome

[@miniaturewombatblizzard5284]

Cute badger

[@tom4412]

Here in The UK we use Badger sets for pouring used engine oil down, as the sets are very deep. It’s the best way of returning the oil back to deep under ground where the oil came from originally.

[@badger1296]

I ♥️ badgers 🦡

[@HariKrishna-cu2xk]

Run Badger Run

[@iustitiamerchantxiv5872]

Adorable creatures. They exude an aura of coziness.

[@theotheseaeagle]

I have a badger sett on my 4 acre plot of land. Really wonderful to get them on the trap cameras

[@AmalineB]

Robert Fuller is a beautiful person.

[@banhatlessducks]

God bless this guy what an effort.

[@nicoanker1343]

Super interesting animals.

[@satiricwriter]

The badger fears no beast. 🦡🦡🦡

[@alloriginalpirates]

"I don't want to miss a minute of their lives"... meanwhile his kids are like 'please Badger Buccaneer, you promised we'd play football!'.

[@MadBadgerLady-hi5gj]

Wonderful! I love watching this video!

[@susanhughan2198]

Oh my gosh, this was Awesome 🤗 Thank You so much!!! I gotta watch it again!! 🤗❤️🤗❤️

[@walterwhite5674]

The movie “Fantastic Mr. Fox” explains badgers better than any professional

[@julianaylor4351]

What an amazing thing to watch.

[@roberthruby5157]

Fascinating, wonderful. A unique look into the private life of badgers.

[@clostar5869]

*Hat placed on head* ... HUFFLEPUFF! 🦡

[@Staarzz]

2:35 “Y’know just real unusual things like watching them yawn-“ “AAAAAAAAAAH”

[@dariatodor1730]

Thank you for sharing them with us!!

[@kerireeder7118]

I like it you are awesome you act like they are your kids that you would do anything for them great story loved it 😍

[@lynzb2815]

Aww this is such a lovely video. Badgers are wonderful creatures.

[@gina14881]

Absolutely brilliant what you have done for the badgers

[@newtonwhatevs]

Lovely man.

[@robbie_the_mastermind2176]

0:39 Nom Nom Nom.

[@ellexie2788]

This is just amazing. Made my day. Learned so much about badgers!!

[@cookiebazookie]

Love his channel.

[@earthman6700]

Beautiful animals. I've been two feet from one coming for its food left daily for it.

[@RAND0M__GUY_]

Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger MUSHROOM MUSHROOM

[@djwild007]

beautiful

[@TFx2TV]

This almost seems like what the Truman show would have been like if it was about badgers

[@enigmatickrishna8188]

It's amazing..

[@khaxjc1]

Please please tell me he has a youtube channel to follow with footage of the animals and the painting!

[@devanshi2193]

khaxjc1 I would love that!

[@TheNotSoFakeNews]

He does! Search for "Robert E Fuller" he is livestreaming a lot of the animals on his youtube channel right now, and is editing the highlights into youtube videos !

[@se7encureton]

How cool thanks for sharing

[@The.Badger.]

Amazing!!!

[@somethinggood9267]

So so cool

[@lostinthelookingglas]

so cute!!

[@daveanderson6315]

What a great job I'd love to have this

[@lindenreads]

I need more 😍

[@starlight3528]

Wow! Amazing!

[@galepatrick1702]

you put a lot of work into making this work - the best of both worlds - terrific insightful video to share-

[@lemonadecitrus4764]

So cute!!!👍🙂

[@CheeseYourself]

badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger MUSHROOM MUSHROOM

[@olinabotsaris9725]

SNAAAAAAKEEEE SNAAAAAKEEE

[@MukeshKumar-01]

Great. ...Thank You So Much For Saving The Animals & Providing Them A Great Place To Live...#Love #Light

[@lemurlover7975]

My badger experiences include crawling inside badger setts as an abandoned and neglected and abused child to share the sett with the badgers to get out of the rain and petting the baby badgers, but having to try not to get scratched or bitten by the adult badgers. I saw these kinds of interesting badger behaviors you show here on video when living with badgers part time, once the moon was shining on them and they were awake. The rest of the time I lived with my abusive family. They sent vicious dogs after me to bite me and drag me by the leg out of my homes with the badgers. I think I was trying to get to Narnia and I asked the badgers if they knew the Narnian beavers. :) They never answered me but I thought they'd be friends. I also expected them to put on a waistcoat and serve me tea like Mr. Badger in The Wind In The Willows stop action animation and got really disappointed when each adult male badger I met didn't do that and become my daddy. So I told myself stories from Wind In The Willows until I fell asleep in the sett. This was in America in rural Idaho and these were American Badgers. I was 6 years old when I started seeking out friendships with badgers and using their setts as shelter. :) I also made friends with lots of other animals and took shelter with them too and shared their food. Now I have a degree in Wildlife Biology and I'm going to continue to try to find work that protects the Earth and the animals.

[@faridfeld8260]

Awesome!

[@gertrudelaronge6864]

Happy Badgers would be a good band name.

[@hauntingcoasts2109]

He’s got a KZbin channel where he livestreams a bunch of animals and makes videos of the animals on his property! My favorite are his Owl videos. The channel is Robert E. Fuller

[@blueboy7589]

We had a very large hedgehog visit our garden to pinch the cat food.... until a quarter to three this morning, such a commotion going on outside under some young oak trees, an enormous badger was systematically dismantling and eating the poor hedgehog, even though I had a spot light on it, it didn't look at me once, even a dog fox visited to see what was going on, he stayed well away from the badger and left when I put the spot on him. Never knew badgers killed and ate hedgehogs. P.S. the nearest countryside is about 3/4 mile away.

[@chriscoleman6466]

I feed...and sit and watch a couple of badgers every night in the garden..a fox sometimes comes first..but he soon disappears when he knows the badgers are coming

[@AwesomeFullHDvideos]

cool idea

[@sofa9734]

Hes sooo cute

[@quis-custodietipsos-custod7183]

Lovely.. I remember my first encountering with a Badger, in finnish "Mäyrä".. We both were scared, because we surprised each other! :D We both were just minding our own business, and we both made some cracking sound on brushes.. It was me, who started backwarding, speaking slowly.. I was in its territory, so i go back..

[@MsPokepie]

I love Wilde life too very interesting house 🏠 thanks for showing this in KZbin

[@in.ernest6846]

Saw a badger yesterday for the first time in my life

[@markostevanovic6185]

Extra

[@gordondean9839]

Is there any chance you could live feed / stream the footage from your cameras? That would be so wonderful to watch.

[@RahulRajput-ti5rm]

Check his channel Robert E Fuller for live streaming.

[@Arelenedhel]

He does on his channel!

[@maggie9587]

@@ArelenedhelWhat’s his channel called?

[@Arelenedhel]

@@maggie9587 Robert E. Fuller

[@watsonsaquatics7604]

AMAZING Xxxxx

[@zulvertho]

the one show can jog on.

[@necymamaril3735]

This is fascinating! Thanks for sharing!

[@donlongo25]

how could you not like that vid?

[@claranmurphy9499]

oh my god there so cute

[@RWBHere]

The Joys Of Setts!

[@morganroberts8368]

It’s art. Always a great way to justify changing wild animal behavior for attention.

[@Measuring0Cups]

Ok. Where is the TV show? Where are the editors who can splice dramatic moments together and make create a story? I want my badger soap opera.

[@sallyogden9151]

💖

[@richlee509]

I want a badger

[@himanshsharma5195]

🤩🤩

[@Benicio_Fols]

Badger 🦡

[@jackmurphy6209]

Big brother is watching them

[@jackdelang4301]

i'm really interested in what cameras you used? I've got a plan for a chimney...

[@mannycalavera2335]

lmao. What is it with Badgers and foxes sometimes getting along. It is the most random thing for two species who pretty much eat the same food and should be in direct competition.

[@DesGardius-me7gf]

Mushroom! Mushroom!

[@egolifeheaven]

You need to have a looksee of the Honey Badger from Africa (as opposed to the European, Asian or American).

[@bflex89]

Never seen one at all in the wild in the UK