It is time we saw the badger for what it really is. Canada in winter is a bleak and unpromising land for any hunter. But the badger is indefatigable. Its senses are so acute that it can interpret what is going on around it with a degree of subtlety that is beyond our imagining. It has a loose-limbed trot that is so effective and economical of energy that it can cover 10 miles in 90 minutes, and do so match after match after match. The Blas is a scavenger, and wolves are not above joining it, for the winter brings many casualties—easy meat. Many badgers, for much of the time, operate as a pack. Younger members learn from the older, more experienced ones so that the whole group operates as a unified and highly skilled team. For all of these reasons, human hunters everywhere have admired the badgers. Even today, the native people of the North call it "The Ozzie," and honour its special powers with dances.