are there badgers in virginia?
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Arlington, VA Badger. American Badgers have a triangular face with a distinctive black and white pattern and a stocky body covered with shaggy grizzled fur.
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Origin & Distribution: Badgers are widespread in Britain, being most common in the south west, rarer to the north and east; thinly distributed in Scotland. They are common throughout most of Ireland, but absent from the Isle of Mann, and most of the other islands.
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Q: Are there alligators in Smith Mountain Lake? A: According to Virginia's Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) there are no wild alligators in SML - or anywhere in Virginia except the Dismal Swamp in southeastern Virginia. The state's wintertime water temperatures are inhospitable to alligators.
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While kissing bugs have been found in Virginia, these instances have been few and far between. Currently, one of the only recorded occurrences of a kissing bug encounter was in Fredericksburg, VA. Even more importantly, reports of Chagas infections in our area are almost non-existent.
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Badgers are natives of the tallgrass prairie and savanna in the southern and sandy central part of the state. Before European settlement, Wisconsin was on the northern and eastern fringe of the badger's range .
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Badgers are short-legged carnivores with stout, fat bodies and sharp claws. Sometimes mistakenly considered a rodent, the badger is a member of the weasel family which includes otters, skunks and wolverines.
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A British army spokesperson said that the badgers were "native to the region but rare in Iraq" and "are usually only dangerous to humans if provoked". The director of Basra's veterinary hospital, Mushtaq Abdul-Mahdi, confirmed that honey badgers had been seen in the area as early as 1986.
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American badgers are typically found in the Great Plains region of North America. ... Honey badgers are found in southern Africa; hog badgers live primarily in Southeast Asia, India and Sumatra. The Asian badger extends across Russia and into China and Eastern Europe.
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Moose are notoriously shy creatures, so spotting them anywhere is an exciting experience. But to spot one in Virginia? It's practically unheard of! At least, that was the case until recently, when a moose was spotted near Lake Frederick in northern Virginia.
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Black bears are thriving in Shenandoah National Park and in Virginia as a whole.
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They are no longer present in Virginia. Porcupines occupy a variety of habitats, from tundra to desert, from grassland to forest, across the western and northern United States. In the east, they are rare south of Pennsylvania.
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Of the three bear species (black, brown, and polar bears) in North America, only the black bear lives in Virginia. Shy and secretive, the sighting of a bear is a rare treat for most Virginians. However, bears are found throughout most of the Commonwealth, and encounters between bears and people are increasing.
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Mellivora capensis You can see the only honey badgers in the UK at Howletts Wild Animal Park in their home near to the Pavilion Restaurant. ... By nature, honey badgers are incredible animals, they are powerful, fearless and highly intelligent.
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Silencers are legal in Virginia, and they may be used for hunting. ... See Virginia Code Section 18.2-287.4.
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Throughout the United States, the American badger can be found in a wide variety of areas covering much of the country west of the Mississippi River. They can also be found in the midwestern states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin.
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In Wisconsin, there are three types of ticks that spread disease: the deer (black-legged) tick, the wood (dog) tick, and the lone star tick. The deer tick spreads the most illnesses in Wisconsin.