Rachel is a ratel, or honey badger. These african badgers are very agressive and fearless. They will attack buffaloes and other creatures way over their leagues. Even lions will back away from them. Their skin is very very tough and most predators can't get a good enough grip to hurt them. It also protects them from venomous bites and prickles from snakes and scoprions, but in the even that they do get poisoned, they have a surprising resistance to most venoms and will bounce back unbelievably quickly. I named my honey badger Rachel because it rymes with Ratel. She was built by Dowman and bought from Interfauna.

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