Least Weasel

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• trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Only the smallest mammalian carnivore.

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  • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not even

    The southern grasshopper mouse has around a 3.5 to 5.0 inches (8.9–12.7 cm) long body

    [Least weasel] Average body length in males is 130 to 260 mm (5 to 10 in), while females average 114 to 204 mm (4.5 to 8.0 in)

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    • lemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well, if you want to head that way, there’s Etruscan shrew. Less than 2 grams of weight and 4 cm of length.

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    • Madison420@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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  • explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I assumed they meant carnivora

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• Eylrid@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The lesser of two weasels

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• saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s definitely not the world’s smallest carnivore, but it is a small carnivore

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  • jol@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They probably meant carnivore mammal

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  • TheRealKuni@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Right? Shit, we got single-cell carnivores in this world.

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• nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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• captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The problem is there isn’t a Most Weasel.

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  • roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think that would be the wolverine.

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• Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  you can have

  … I can has?
  It’s so cute!

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• lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The Leasel

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  • The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Leasel al Gahib!

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• witty_username@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Isn’t that a stoat

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  • dactylotheca@suppo.fi ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s less than a stoat

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• Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That thing is a killing machine!

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  • Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Image

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• trolske@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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• mycodesucks@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A quantum of stoat.

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• Sam_Bass@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Aka long hamsterat

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• JimSamtanko@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Love it!

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• A_A@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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• jabathekek@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  An absolute unit.

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• mayo_cider@hexbear.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Knowing weasels at least one of those has taken down a moose

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• NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Minimum Viable Predator

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• seaQueue@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Cute cat snake

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• pelletbucket@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  holy shit, I didn’t think there was anything smaller than a stoat in that family

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