The lesser of two weasels
Least Weasel
Submitted 1 month ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Eylrid@lemmy.world 1 month ago
saltesc@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That’s definitely not the world’s smallest carnivore, but it is a small carnivore
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
They probably meant carnivore mammal
TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Right? Shit, we got single-cell carnivores in this world.
nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
Best mustelid. It’s incredible that they are able to take rabbits as prey. And their strategy is absolutely amazing: confusion. They do their weasel war dance and the rabbit doesn’t know what the fuck is going on until its neck is in the tiny mouth of a creature 1/10th its size.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
The problem is there isn’t a Most Weasel.
roguetrick@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I think that would be the wolverine.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 1 month ago
you can have
… I can has?
It’s so cute!lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 month ago
The Leasel
The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 1 month ago
Leasel al Gahib!
witty_username@feddit.nl 1 month ago
Isn’t that a stoat
dactylotheca@suppo.fi 1 month ago
It’s less than a stoat
Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 1 month ago
That thing is a killing machine!
Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 1 month ago
trolske@feddit.org 1 month ago
They are pretty metal. They kill their prey by literally crushing the skull.
I’ve seen them hunt and once they get a hold of the prey, the struggle is over in seconds.mycodesucks@lemmy.world 1 month ago
A quantum of stoat.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Aka long hamsterat
JimSamtanko@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Love it!
A_A@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Average body length in males is 130 to 260 mm, while females average 114 to 204 mm.
Males weigh 36 to 250 g, while females weigh 29 to 117 g.jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
An absolute unit.
mayo_cider@hexbear.net 1 month ago
Knowing weasels at least one of those has taken down a moose
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Minimum Viable Predator
seaQueue@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Cute cat snake
pelletbucket@lemm.ee 1 month ago
holy shit, I didn’t think there was anything smaller than a stoat in that family
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Only the smallest mammalian carnivore.
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Not even
lemming@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Well, if you want to head that way, there’s Etruscan shrew. Less than 2 grams of weight and 4 cm of length.
Madison420@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s known for taking down prey larger than itself and I think holds the record for biggest disparity of weight predator to prey.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I assumed they meant carnivora