"La Puce" wrote in message
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Phil L wrote:

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Heard today that if you have badgers you won't have any hedgehogs and
vice versa. This is because they don't like sharing their territories.


You won't get many hedgehogs in badger territory because badgers are very
successful hedgehog predators, and kill and eat any hedgehogs encountered.
AFAIK, hedgehogs have no effective means either of deterring badgers from
occupying any particular territory, or of defending themselves from a
badger's attack. So I don't think it's really a case of the two species
choosing to avoid each other, the badgers are just too good at snaffling up
hedgehogs.