The honey badger metaphor first appeared over a decade ago, when the eldest members of Generation Alpha were infants and young toddlers.
For those with a hankering for anthropomorphism, watching a honey badger try and walk off a solid OBS session should hit the spot.
When a honey badger at &Beyond Kirkman’s Kamp in the Greater Kruger came face to face with three leopards, there was no backing down.
Never shy of taking on an animal far bigger than themselves, it’s a mother honey badger who takes the plaudits.
Honey badgers aren’t known to take defeat lying down, but even the most fiercely independent of animals may occasionally need a helping hand.