Honey badgers have no natural enemies in the wild, mainly due to their extraordinary defenses.
The lion is known as the “king of the grasslands”, making all animals afraid, but not always winning. In many cases, lions are even inferior to small animals.
The proof is in the video below, when a honey badger with the size of perhaps less than one-tenth of a lion, but unilaterally resisted, and even caused the enemy to flee.
The video opens with a honey badger that captures the attention of an adult male lion, unaware of it himself.
The animal opened its mouth full of teeth, and then rushed forward as if to “eat it alive”, making even the lion have to abstain. At this time, the honey badger slowly ran away, but was always ready to turn back to defend himself when the lion approached too close.
The animal’s ferocity caused the lion to run after it only for a while, perhaps out of pure curiosity, without any intention of taking down its prey. After a while of chasing, the lion seemed to realize that he could not fight this “crazy guy”, so he decided to give up.
