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[giltbrookian]

What is GB's largest wild carnivore

[SRH]

Well there's an Irish wolfhound round the corner from my house...

Seriously though, in the wild it's the badger

[jane1098]

does a lion eat flesh? if so then i think its a lion

[mrs_overall]

The answer is badger

[giltbrookian]

Thanks to you all.
Jane 1098 the question was GB's.wildest

[SRH]

...and despite it officially being badger, it doesn't account for all those cougars, jaguars etc that are 'allegedly' roaming our moors...

[jane1098]

oooppps sorry.

[burnhal]

The fox is actually the largest carnivore- it wins on both height and length. The badger wins on weight though. Incidentally though technically a carnivore the badger is actually an omnivore- it eats far more plant material and earthworms than it does meat. When you see a fox wandering across a badger sett it is obvious that it is larger than the badger.

[giltbrookian]

Burnhal.
MMMMM Food for thought.

[babybombo]

I would have thought it would be Scottish wildcat no ?

Surely they are bigger than both badgers and foxes.

Info from BBC wildlife on Scottish wildcats:

Head/body length 50-70cm,
tail length 25-40cm,
height 25-25cm.
Average weight: males 5kg, females 3.5kg.


In a Pickle- thats quite an interesting story. Do you see them on a regular basis?
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[Dagman]

There was mention of reintroducing wolves to the Scottish highlands, don't know if it has been done yet! If so....

[giltbrookian]

My thanks to all the respondents.
As usual after I pose a question on the AB site my knowledge expands.

[Bewlay Bros]

You haven't mentioned land????

Therefore is the answer not Dolphin???? Or seal????

[giltbrookian]

Bewlay Bros.
I didn't mention "land" but that is what I meant.
However thank you for your answer.

[burnhal]

no babyb- the wildcat is smaller in both dimension and weight compared to either the fox or the badger

[babybombo]

Ah right In a Pickle, oh I bet they could do alot of damage to your lawn! Seeing them wallow in the mud would be quite a pleasant sight I would imagine!

Dagman yes there has been talks but nothing's been decided as of yet. It's silly really, since the wolves were wiped out there are huge numbers of deer which are ruining the plantlife and distrupting ecosystems. It seems that reintroducing the wolf would be an obvious help, and then no culling would need to take place.

Ah burnhal, thanks. I forget how big badgers are, just had a look at some pictures there.

I like this question giltbrookian =]

So it's the fox then?

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