Nick Cummins is being touted as โthe most unusualโ Bachelor yet.
With his retro moustache, ocker one-liners, inspirational family back story and a quirky nickname โ Nick is certainly living up to the hype.
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And as we countdown to The Bachelor premiere on August 15th, youโre probably wondering (apart from which one of the 25 lucky ladies will win Nickโs heart) Why is Nick Cummins called The Honey Badger?
Well, the former rugby union player dubbed himself the Honey Badger because itโs his spirit animal โ on and off the field.
Nick says he was inspired by the fierce fluff ball after watching it attack its prey on Animal Planet.
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Nick, with Bachelorette star Ali Oetjen, says the Honey Badger is his spirit animal.
โThe badge? Long story short, basically there was a documentary on National Geographic or Animal Planet, one of them Fox set-ups, and I watched this thing and this honey badger was going toe to toe with a male lion and it was underneath him, the underdog obviously,โ Nick revealed.
Adding: โBut heโs on his back, clawing away, one, two, and then bloody, the big fella (lion) got his canastas clawed off and he trotted off round the corner and fell over and the badger gets back up and I thought, โWhat an animal, thatโs bloody, thatโs impressive,'โ heโs previously said of the cobra-eating critter.
โThey run 40k a day they bloody attack the most venomous animals in the world and eat them and then when they get bitten โ which theyโre not immune to โ they pass out for a good few hours and wake up and continue eating.โ
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โOne of the stories which inspired me is that it is documented that a honey badger killed a male lion in a one-on-one battle,โ Nick explained to Fairfax during his rugby career.
โWhat happened was that he clawed the canastas off the big fella, going the old one-two. The big fella walked around the corner and fell over. The honey badger got up, shook himself, and just trotted off. For me, that was outstanding.โ
Hereโs hoping Nick is a bit more gentle with the 25 women competing for his heart on The Bachelor.

โI come across this little mongrel and just the way it approached life I thought thatโs outstanding!โ
Meanwhile, before Nick became the Bachelor he enjoyed a successful rugby career which started in 2007, when he landed a spot on the Australian Sevens squad before moving to Perth to play for the Western Force rugby union team.
He also represented the Wallabies several times but in 2014, he gave up his blossoming rugby career in Australia and signed a lucrative contract to play for the Coca-Cola Sparks in the Japanese top league โ a move he says he made to make money to help support his family, including his two younger siblings, Elizabeth and Joe, who both suffer cystic fibrosis.
He played in Japan for two years before wrapping up his tenure in 2016.
What is a Honey Badger?
Donโt be fooled by this cute critter!
A honey badger, or ratel, is part of the weasel family and can be found in Southwest Asia, the Indian subcontinent and Africa.
The tough black and white animal is a meat eater through-and-through and is well-known for taking on prey triple its size like lions and rattle snakes.
It has very little predators thanks to its thick skin and razor-sharp defences.

Cute but psycho, the honey badger is the secret king of the jungle!
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