Animal Slander! The Origins Of "Badgering" Will Bum You Out

Published: May 14, 2021, 8:10 a.m.

b'It\'s the latest installment of our series, "Animal Slander," where we take a common saying about animals and see what truth there is to it. The case before the Short Wave court today: "badgering." We look at the dark origins of the word and explore the wild world of badger biology with University of Oxford scientist Tanesha Allen.

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