text: Despite their name , honey badgers are primarily carnivorous animals , and will take any sort of animal food at hand , including carrion , small rodents , birds , eggs , insects , lizards , tortoises and frogs .
simplified: Despite their name , honey badgers mostly eat meat , and will take any sort of animal food at hand , including carrion , small rodents , birds , eggs , insects , lizards , tortoises and frogs .