Weasel!

[vandringar]

I saw a weasel (Mustela nivalis) today. This is the first time I've ever seen one living; and is the first mustelid I've seen in the wild other than sea otters and North American river otters. Fortunately, I didn't kill it; it darted in front of my car, then quickly ran back again and disappeared into the grass.

Comments

[ferdiaferlin]

Neat!

As far as mustelids go, I've only seen skunks and minks in the wild.

I had to look up the name because I did not recognize it, but I know I learned the species name of the Least Weasel. I wonder if it changed or my memory did indeed just fail. I guess I'll check my books when I get to the office.

[scruff]

YayWeasel!

[kamenkyote]

Having seen film of them, I'm amazed you even saw it! And hi, Van!

[vandringar]

It was (fortunately) hard to not see it, as it did dart in front of my car. ;)

[sebkha]

\o/

I am, of course, intensely jealous.

[porsupah]

Oh, how cool! Not sure I've ever seen one in the wild - just zoo-bound skunks and otters. It's rather unfortunate that so much wildlife considers humans to be something to avoid at all costs, but so it goes.