Badger Buries Cow Three Times Its Size in Utah Desert

A badger was caught on camera burying a whole cow carcass to save for later, in footage supplied by scientists from the University of Utah. Scientists studying scavenger behavior in Utah’s Great Basin Desert recorded this video this spring, according to a university press release issued on Mar. 31, 2017. Badgers are known to cache animals for later consumption, but this is the first recorded instance of a badger burying an animal larger than itself.