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A Badger Word Search
Can you find all the words in the grid below? Print this page out and see how many you can find. There are 23 words in all, running forwards, backwards, up, down, across, and diagonally! Some of the letters are used in more than one word.
To help you out, the words to look for are:
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BOAR - a male badger
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SOW - a female badger
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CUB - a young badger
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SETT - the place where badgers live
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SAND - badger setts are often in sandy soil
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DIG - this is what badgers do to make their setts!
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PAW - the badger's large front paws are ideal for digging
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CLAW - long claws useful when digging, and for other things ...
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GROOM - badgers like to scratch and groom their fur
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BEDDING - they also scratch up dry plant material to make nests
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NIGHT - the time when badgers are active
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NOCTURNAL - a word for animals which are active at night
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OWL - a nocturnal bird!
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BAT - a nocturnal mammal!
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FOX - the fox sometimes shares the badger's sett, and is also active at night
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RABBIT - rabbits live in badger setts too, even though badgers sometimes eat them
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RAT - badgers will also eat rats from time to time
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VOLE - voles too are dug out from their nests and eaten by badgers
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BEE - badgers love honey, and sometimes they will dig up bees' nests to get it
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EARTHWORM - the main food of the badger
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BARLEY - badgers don't just eat animals, they also eat roots, fruits, berries, oats, and barley
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OMNIVORE - a word for animals like badgers which eat both animal and plant foods
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LATRINE - a place where badgers dig small pits for their droppings
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Eight of the letters do not form part of any of the words, but if you put them together, they spell the missing word at the end of this sentence:
In the evening, I like to go badger __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __.
If you need to see the solution to this puzzle, click here.
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