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kleinbl00  ·  1729 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: March 4, 2020

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.





user-inactivated  ·  1729 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    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.

kleinbl00  ·  1729 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I mean, Wind in the Willows was 1908 and Watership Down was 1972 so "well accepted" means a different thing now.