The honey badger has the least specialised diet of the weasel family next to the wolverine.
It accesses a large part of its food by digging it out of burrows.

It favours honey and often searches for beehives.
It also feeds on insects, frogs, tortoises, turtles, lizards, rodents, snakes, birds and eggs.
It also eats berries, roots and bulbs.
When foraging for vegetables, it lifts stones or tears bark from trees.
Some individuals have even been observed to chase away lion cubs from kills.
It devours all parts of its prey, including skin, hair, feathers, flesh and bones, holding its food down with its forepaws.
It feeds on a wide range of vertebrates and seems to subsist primarily on small vertebrates.
Honey badgers studied in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park preyed largely on geckos and skinks (47.9% of prey species), gerbils and mice (39.7% of prey).
The bulk of its prey comprised species weighing more than 100 g (3.5 oz) such as cobras, young African rock python and South African springhare.

In the Kalahari, honey badgers were also observed to attack domestic sheep and goats, as well as kill and eat black mambas.
A honey badger was suspected to have broken up the shells of tent tortoises in the Nama Karoo.
In India, honey badgers are said to dig up human corpses.

Despite popular belief, there is no evidence that honeyguides guide the honey badger.
The honey badger has the least specialised diet of the weasel family next to the wolverine. It accesses a large part of its food by digging it out of burrows.
It favours honey and often searches for beehives. It also feeds on insects, frogs, tortoises, turtles, lizards, rodents, snakes, birds and eggs. It also eats berries, roots and bulbs. When foraging for vegetables, it lifts stones or tears bark from trees. Some individuals have even been observed to chase away lion cubs from kills. It devours all parts of its prey, including skin, hair, feathers, flesh and bones, holding its food down with its forepaws. It feeds on a wide range of vertebrates and seems to subsist primarily on small vertebrates. Honey badgers studied in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park preyed largely on geckos and skinks (47.9% of prey species), gerbils and mice (39.7% of prey). The bulk of its prey comprised species weighing more than 100 g (3.5 oz) such as cobras, young African rock python and South African springhare.
In the Kalahari, honey badgers were also observed to attack domestic sheep and goats, as well as kill and eat black mambas. A honey badger was suspected to have broken up the shells of tent tortoises in the Nama Karoo. In India, honey badgers are said to dig up human corpses.
Despite popular belief, there is no evidence that honeyguides guide the honey badger.
Honey badger