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03-05-2015, 07:45 PM | #1 | |||
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This photo is going viral today on the net. I first saw it on Weather.com
So I was at National Geographic website for another reason and found this long article about it: . Both the woodpecker and weasel survived this flight BTW. But I found it very interesting.
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03-05-2015, 09:33 PM | #2 | |||
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That is amazing mrsD - thanks for sharing.
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03-06-2015, 09:52 AM | #3 | |||
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. Here is the BBC News story with a video of Mr Le-May and his superb semi-pro camera kit. Puts to rest any questions in my mind. I have seen weasels bringing down adult rabbits many times their size, they are fearless superpredators. A good link, as usual, MrsD. Dave. |
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03-06-2015, 10:03 AM | #4 | |||
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In 2012 when we went upNorth for our vacation... Weezie was our only cat. Oreo had just gone to the Rainbow bridge, losing her battle and remission with cancer. Oreo would have protected Weez, but she had just been put down before we left. The vet didn't think the trip and location would be advisable and she was terminal anyway... sigh.
We have gardening stuff under our old dock up there. The second day (over a weekend) Weezie became very ill. The following Monday a local vet who was a ferry ride and 30miles away squeezed us in. He couldn't find a bite but her fever was very high so he gave her a special long acting antibiotic shot (thinking she had a bite somewhere). 3 days later the abscess appeared and we went back and he said he thought it was a shrew bite. But after reading this article about the weasel I think she spooked one upon our arrival who was living under the dock (this dock is on dry ground since the water levels retreated many years ago.). I noticed lots of squealing at US that first day too. Initially I thought she had a run in with a mink as we have those commonly too. But the bite location and tiny tooth injury which could not be seen by the vet initially, leads me now to think it could have been a weasel. She scratched the fur off as the abscess healed, and here is a photo of it: I think our mystery animal was indeed a weasel, now. They can be ferocious and Weez had never seen one before. The location of the bite, suggests this. She has brought small rabbits to us, and chipmunks, so I can see her trying for a weasel too.
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03-06-2015, 10:38 AM | #5 | |||
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World's Deadliest - Stoat Hypnotizes Rabbit:
. Perhaps Weezie witnessed this Dance of Death. I have seen it performed first-hand (stoat/weasel are similar apart from size and tail), and a hunting cat would view it as prey in trouble - warranting an attack with a nasty surprise! Dave. |
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03-06-2015, 11:17 AM | #6 | |||
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That was very interesting. Thanks Dave!
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03-06-2015, 03:37 PM | #7 | |||
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I wonder if a Ferret is a smaller version of a Weasel or Stoat.
I should look that up. My father came from a family of stockmen and drovers and they eventually bred Marino sheep in South Australia. Rabbits were introduced to Australia and are a pest and particularly so when keeping sheep in great numbers because of the rabbit holes in the ground. Anyway to cut a very long story very short, I recall being told stories in my childhood of my father's job when growing up to look after the ferrets and he used to send the ferrets down the rabbit holes to get the rabbits to run out. No idea where they got the ferrets. They would have to have been introduced too. |
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