This  is  the  closest  shot  I've ever taken. Here I got the friendliest  boar,  who I call Oliver  since he  always wants more food, to  come  in  with two sows to peanuts I'd placed  just  in front of where I was laying down  on  the  grass.  Standard  lens,  no zoom, hence burnout due to the proximity of the camera flash, about 18 inches only.
This is a very  old  boar who has since died.  He commanded  lots of respect and where others would  need  to  use force, he only had to utter a faint growl for  others  to  move  away. He  had  a tusk  like  protuding  overgrown  lower tooth,  not a problem,  which  you  can just   see  at  this  side  of  his  mouth.
"Oliver"  again,  as usual coming to "ask" for more.   Here he's with the old boar to the left of his rump  and two sows at  the rear.   The boars skulls are broader than the sows which have a streamlined head rather torpedo shape,  differences which become  more  pronounced  with  years.
This shot illustrates some of  the odd positions that badgers adopt. Normal walking on the left,  but  at  the centre with rump down the coat spreads like a skirt,  a very  common  position.  At the right you can  just  see  that  when laid right down, the hips spread in just the  way  they  do  on  a domestic cat.
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My local badgers know me so well now that they let me turn a reflector spotlight on them, so here's a full colour badger movie. Turn your sound down to  avoid  camera  noise  since it was filmed with a still camera in video mode.