suggests there is nothing that terrifies British badgers more than the sounds of CBC News programming. Without these apex predators, humans have become 'super-predators' who do not have healthy relationships with smaller carnivores, Zanette said. Her team buried the badgers' favourite food — peanuts — and played them a collection of five different sounds while the badgers foraged. She believes the results of her findings can be applied to all small carnivores, not just the badgers in the study. The sounds included sheep, bears, wolves, dogs and people engaged in conversation.

Source: CBC News July 27, 2016 21:21 UTC