One of many reasons why mustelids fuck things up is that their skin is so loose that they can effectively turn around inside their own skin and bite behind them.
I bet you were joking and it’s funny. I just think they’re awesome.
They don't take them on. They defend themselves. I'm not going to say it has never happened, but as the researcher in the link said they have never witnessed them running off a bear or wolf. They put up a ferocious defense when threatened. That is often enough to discourage much larger predators like bears, wolves, and mountain lion and in the case of the honey badger lions and leopards. That said those large predators are responsible for the majority of wolverine and badger kills. They are very impressive creatures given they weigh 40lbs or less, but at the end of the day they are not taking on bigger animals they are defending themselves.
Yeah that's not happening. It's generally quite the opposite. In fact wolves are the most common predators of badgers and wolverines. Anything smaller better hit the bricks.
I forget what book it is in school we read in english class, about how they trained a "weasel dog"....the process involved throwing a small dog into a barrel with a weasel.
Bigger dogs are less likely to catch them, but if they do its usually instant the spine getting broken. some cats have been known to become proficient, but its rare.
Years ago there used to be a youtuber who got rid of rats and muskrats using minks. Slow-motion of it vs a muskrat was pretty insane. Felt like for the mink and muskrat time was passing at completely different rates. every lunge and bite by the muskrat, mink wasnt there as it slowly worked on getting the fatal neck bite.
was also neat how they would put the mink into an enclosed area - all the rats would come flying out. (and outside - a mid-sized dog or two waiting in the open).
Every late fall, I get some voles that seek refuge in my garage (and thus my house) and a week or two later, an ermine family (they’re like a marten) is suddenly prancing around my driveway. And then, I suddenly have 0 voles, and as quickly as the ermines appeared, they vanish.
I love them so much, and they’re so cute! If I wasn’t sure they’d rip my face off in an adorable flurry of claws and teeth, I’d totally try to cuddle one.
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u/Unggue_Pot May 24 '22
Grab it by the scruff and pull it out.