Still Waters Posted November 19, 2012 #1 Share Posted November 19, 2012 An Indonesian plantation worker and a 75-year-old farmer got the shock of their lives when they were attacked by an unknown animal species in two separate occasions earlier this month. The farmer, Aris Kuna of Kampung Paon Gahat, was attacked by the rare animal while attending to his pepper garden about noon. The foreigner, however, was attacked a week later at a plantation near Kpg Baing while gathering oil palm fresh fruit bunches around 9am. The animal that attacked the duo was described as having a ‘bear and wild boar’ resemblance. Fellow workers and villagers who saw the carcass, brought by the Indonesian, could not identify the animal species. http://www.theborneo...strange-animal/ http://news.discover...#mkcpgn=rssnws1 Looking at the comments, they think it's a badger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-C Posted November 19, 2012 #2 Share Posted November 19, 2012 I would think striking it with a sickle would have done visible damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.United_Nations Posted November 19, 2012 #3 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Badgers don't live in Indonesia...The nearest badger Chinese ferret badger does not even look like a boar or bear 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbi Laveau Posted November 19, 2012 #4 Share Posted November 19, 2012 They said it stinks . The second article says there's a type of badger that stinks like a skunk .But why would it attack humans ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.United_Nations Posted November 19, 2012 #5 Share Posted November 19, 2012 They said it stinks . The second article says there's a type of badger that stinks like a skunk .But why would it attack humans ? The badgers in that region are alot smaller and look like ferrets. It looks like a boar or pig of some sort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stardrive Posted November 19, 2012 #6 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Looks like this guy here. Palawan Stink Badger. It's indiginous to the Philippines so that might be why the locals didn't recognize it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonicsaint Posted November 19, 2012 #7 Share Posted November 19, 2012 If it's some sort of skunk then the attack kinda makes sense... I know skunks are known to charge as an intimidation move Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted November 20, 2012 #8 Share Posted November 20, 2012 I'm going to agree with the identification of this thing as a Stink Badger. The one pictured in the OP link appears that it might even be a juvenile one, since it appears to be small and untanned. Yeah, fierce critter there in that photo. Looks all of 15 inches long... judging off the grass and weeds. Quite a monster they killed there. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evancj Posted November 20, 2012 #9 Share Posted November 20, 2012 How about the Hog badger (Arctonyx collaris) http://www.arkive.org/hog-badger/arctonyx-collaris/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted November 20, 2012 #10 Share Posted November 20, 2012 How about the Hog badger (Arctonyx collaris) http://www.arkive.or...tonyx-collaris/ I looked at that, but the Stink Badger really looks, IMHO, to be a better fit. It is endemic to the area and the right size and coloring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakari Posted November 20, 2012 #11 Share Posted November 20, 2012 " Hey look, what is that?" " I don't know, but lets kill it " 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evancj Posted November 20, 2012 #12 Share Posted November 20, 2012 I looked at that, but the Stink Badger really looks, IMHO, to be a better fit. It is endemic to the area and the right size and coloring. I'm sure your right, I missed the stink part of the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted November 20, 2012 #13 Share Posted November 20, 2012 " Hey look, what is that?" " I don't know, but lets kill it " At least they did not immediately try to eat it, or smoke it, or sell it to a Chinese apothacary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakari Posted November 20, 2012 #14 Share Posted November 20, 2012 At least they did not immediately try to eat it, or smoke it, or sell it to a Chinese apothacary. True, true.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbi Laveau Posted November 20, 2012 #15 Share Posted November 20, 2012 At least they did not immediately try to eat it, or smoke it, or sell it to a Chinese apothacary. We don't use badger in Chinese medicine,but Korean herbals..whole other animal,literally . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyverna Posted November 20, 2012 #16 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Pretty interesting. But why is there no visible damage if the farmer attacked it, as someone said earlier? Here's a picture of a Palawan stink badger. It looks awfully similar to the animal: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoIverine Posted November 20, 2012 #17 Share Posted November 20, 2012 "When I was little, we found a man. He looked like - like, butchered. The old woman in the village crossed themselves... and whispered crazy things, strange things. "El Diablo cazador de hombres." Only in the hottest years this happens. And this year, it grows hot. We begin finding our men. We found them sometimes without their skins... and sometimes much, much worse. "El cazador trofeo de los hombres" means the demon who makes trophies of men." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chooky88 Posted November 20, 2012 #18 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Poor animals in Indonesia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ealdwita Posted November 20, 2012 #19 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Yes, I'd go with stink badger too, although it's a little out of its normal range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Fluffs Posted November 20, 2012 #20 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Riveting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidKn13ght Posted November 20, 2012 #21 Share Posted November 20, 2012 it looks like a hybrid mole/anteater ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReaperS_ParadoX Posted November 20, 2012 #22 Share Posted November 20, 2012 They described this thing as being as big as a boar, WOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notoverrated Posted November 21, 2012 #23 Share Posted November 21, 2012 doesnt look to dangerous...... i was picturing some giant bear with a boar head when i read the story, but what i get is a little pig with claws >.> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troublehalf Posted November 21, 2012 #24 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Is it possible it's a sub-species of the Stink Badger? So, while the Badger hangs around in other areas, to avoid competition they moved or were moved to the area and have survived. It looks slightly more "shaggy" or "bushy" than Stink Badgers. But, there we go, animals are able to end up in unusual places! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic Chicken Posted November 21, 2012 #25 Share Posted November 21, 2012 It's adorable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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