Here's a stoat. It's as fierce as it is cute. Keep being the good people that you are, Hubski. The world always needs a little extra patience, a little extra understanding, a little extra kindness. You all have those and more, so don't hesitate to share them. :)
I don’t know what that animal is but I now want one and will be looking up what I’m the heck it is and where in the heck it lives.
They're the bad guys in both Wind in the Willows and Watership Down, duh. There are community theatre Youtube links I could make but won't. Much as the Eskimos are fabled to have too many names for snow, the British have too many names for varmints.
I was all about ready to put my hands on my hips, smugly smile, and go "well axstually . . ." but no, after looking it up it seems stoats are a type of weasel. Which, I guess, makes them super related to weasels. Are weasels still considered vermin in some parts? I thought, like hawks, it's been well accepted they do more good than harm by keeping rodent populations in check. ::note:: I wouldn't really throw a smug "well actually" out there. At least, not intentionally.Much as the Eskimos are fabled to have too many names for snow, the British have too many names for varmints.
They're related to weasels and can be found pretty much all along the arctic circle, so Canada, Russia, etc. I don't know if they'd make good pets or even legal ones, but some states allow people to keep ferrets as pets and they're equally pretty darn cute.