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  Sandy

   HONEY BADGER

  Age: 11 years

  Length: About 2 feet

  Weight: 16½ pounds

  Born: In the wild in South Africa

  In the wild: Live in dry land areas, but also in wetlands and grasslands in Africa.

  At the zoo: Sandy, a female, and Reilly, a male, live in the African Journey area.

  Family: Mothers have about two babies a year.

  Food: In the wild, birds, lizards, snakes, fruit, rodents and, of course, honey. At the zoo, meat, rats, bugs and cat food.

  Fun fact: Honey badgers' thick skin keeps them from getting hurt, and they will battle poisonous snakes and almost any creature while looking for food.