On the other hand, when the nest chanced to be in a tree, they knew the ratel could not reach it--this animal not being a tree-climber.
Now it was plain to the party that the ratel was at that moment in pursuit of his profession, and in full pursuit of the indicator.
The ratel is very fond of honey, so fond that it is often called the honey-ratel, or honey-weasel, and it spends a good deal of time in prowling about in search of the nests of wild bees.
But if the ratelis odd in appearance, it is odder still in habits.
THE RATEL More curious still is the ratel, which belongs to the family of badgers.
So it seems quite certain that a ratel never gets stung, no matter how many nests he may rob.
The ratel lies in wait for this bird; and, on hearing the cry, makes towards it, and keeps following its flights till the bees' nest is found.
Should this prove to be in a tree and out of reach--for the ratel is not a climber--the animal vents his chagrin by tearing at the trunk with his teeth, as if he had hopes of felling the tree.
The ratel never moved, although he was moved--astoundingly.
The ratel moved to meet him--to meet him--and at a cool jog-trot!
They had proceeded perhaps three hundred yards, when, turning a bush carelessly, as no other creature would dare to do, the ratel fell almost on to the back of the bull-gnu.
The dog gave a thunderous baying rally-call, and almost before that sentry had leapt to his feet, the ratel vanished tumultuously and suddenly from the public gaze, under a perfect cloud of dogs.
Once a serval cat, all legs and ears and agility, stood in their path to listen to the funny chuckling, whistling noises, but fled when it saw the little, low ratel as if it had seen a ghost.
At least, they might have been house-flies for all the notice the ratel took of them, save now and then to bunch a dozen or so off his cowled head carelessly.
Finally, the bird stopped; and the ratel looked, and saw that it was flitting round the base of a big mimosa.
That lion, however, might have turned into Satan himself, for all the ratel cared.
As for the conduct of the two gendarmes Ratel and Mallet, it deserves the severest penalty of the law.
These unworthy soldiers, named Ratel and Mallet, showed this woman the utmost interest and offered to take her to the Chaussards and force them to make restitution.
The Ratel (Mellivora capensis) of South and East Africa and the Skunk of Canada belong to this family.
So off goes Oom Ratel round de koppie, an' den young Seeunkie looks at his mammy, an' his mammy looks at him.
Well, ole Missis Ratel she rage an' she ramp, but it ain't no manner o' use.
Oom Ratelhe look at de tree an' he see de bare spots, an' he try to scrape de cracks wid his nails to taste it.
When dey gets home young Seeunkie grins at his mammy, but Oom Ratelhe goes out agen on business.
I have already alluded to the Cape ratel doing this on the look-out for bees.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ratel" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
