European Badger - Serbia


Serbian is the only European language classified as digraphia, a term describing a language actively uses two scripted alphabets. Serbian can be written in the Latin alphabet and the Cyrillic script. The use of the Latin alphabet began about 50 years ago and most Serbians can easily read and write both scripts.

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Meles meles - European badgers construct and maintain a complex systems of burrows. Their dens, called setts, are extensive, clean, and used for decades as they are passed to succeeding generations. A typical sett will house several families and have multiply openings with each family having its own entries and sleeping quarters within the communal system. The sleeping areas are lined with material made of dried moss, grass, and leaves. Large setts are known to have 300 meters of tunnels and enough room to shelter 15 animals.