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Badgers are better than cats
I wanted to do a three-way comparison between my carnivoran skulls, but I’m too impatient to wait till I’ve got the fox’s skull out of its head. So here are the two I have now: the badger (left) and the cat (right):
(Both skulls appear with their first three cervicals.)
As you can see, the badger is more impressive in every way. It’s physically bigger of course, but also much more robust, as most easily seen in the zygomatic arches and the fully fused skull. Also relevant is the huge sagittal crest, which you will recall anchored hugely oversized jaw-muscles. In comparison, the cat’s jaw muscles were like those of pussy-cats.
It’s like the difference between a tyrannosaur and an allosaur.
You can see the crest more clearly — and general robustitude — in anterodorsolateral view:
We really do underestimate what awesome animals badgers are. One of the many reasons I would never participate in a badger cull is simple, straightforward fear.
Do not meddle in the affairs of badgers, for they are unsubtle and quick to bite your arm off.
Source: http://svpow.com/2016/04/02/badgers-are-better-than-cats/
