06 February 2009

Stoats know how to enjoy life


Today the BBC posted a video of a "snow-crazed stoat" performing remarkable antics in someone's backyard. A search of YouTube suggests that this behavior is not snow-related, and in fact not uncommon among stoats.

Of the videos available, I like the one above for the choice of George Harrison's "Here Comes the Sun" as background music; it's especially pleasant to hear in late winter.

Enjoy.

p.s. - stoat = ermine

3 comments:

  1. Are they related to otters? This one is so playful, and they do kind of look like otters.

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  2. Wikipedia says the Mustelid family (weasel family) has two branches - the subfamily Lutrinae are the otters, and the subfamily Mustilinae includes stoats, mink, weasels, badgers, and even wolverines.

    So, yes, they are related.

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  3. Absolutely brilliant. What is going through its fierce little mind when it does that? The closest parallel I can come up with is my cat on catnip.

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