Talk:Badger
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Do we need the link to the flash movie on this page? We already have Badger Badger Badger which explains about it. Kirk 11:26, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Well, I actually put it up as a joke. Yeah, I know, this is an ecyclopedia but I figured the next person would remove it. I'm surprised it survived for so long. Hehe sorry about that. --Dyss 20:36, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I suggest compromise: a link to the disambiguation page at the top of the article. --Damian Yerrick 04:38, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
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badgers and TB
Suggest needs a paragraph on possible (and controversial) involvement of badgers in the spread of bovine tuberculosis. There are current UK government trials of culling in certain areas. Some info on the pages linked at end of article. --RupertB 19:38, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
badger - the verb
Is there not an expression like 'To badger somebody about something" in the meaning of "to repeatedly and insistently ask or query somebody"?
Badger, or Tanuki?
Do "shapeshifting badgers" really feature in Japanese folklore, or is this confusion with the raccoon dog? The Japanese word for it, "tanuki", is often mis-translated as badger.
- seconded: this should be omitted, IMO. -- JRice 16:15, 2005 Jun 3 (UTC)
The name "Brock"
Wouldn't the name "Brock" for a badger come from Beatrix Potter's story The Tale of Mr. Tod, which concerned a badger named Brock who kidnapped a bunch of baby rabbits with the intent of eating them? Potter's story was written in 1912; well before the 1948 date cited in the article.
