11-07-2003, 10:10 PM
[cool]Correctamundo. That is an ermine...which is the winter color for the weasel. They are both the same animal. It changes color in the winter like snowshoe rabbits. They get a black tip on the tail and when they run across a snowy area that's all you can see is that black tail tip.
The rest of the story is that the weasel family is a large one. It includes the minks, martens, badgers, skunks and the notoriously nasty wolverines. What a family.
And, for their size, there are no more vicious killers in the animal kingdom. They can and have seriously injured humans, although I have never heard of anyone being killed by one.
Oh yeah, I did hear about one. A guy was walking down the railroad track and he didn't hear the weasel. (Old joke...before diesels)
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The rest of the story is that the weasel family is a large one. It includes the minks, martens, badgers, skunks and the notoriously nasty wolverines. What a family.
And, for their size, there are no more vicious killers in the animal kingdom. They can and have seriously injured humans, although I have never heard of anyone being killed by one.
Oh yeah, I did hear about one. A guy was walking down the railroad track and he didn't hear the weasel. (Old joke...before diesels)
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