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Photo by Nikolai Ohotnik, photographer. Wild life: mustela, nivalis. Published 12.03.2024.
Comments 13
Ketova Vera
Ketova Vera 481.59
12.03.2024 15:24
She also loves to climb into the chicken coop, which causes trouble for both the chickens and the owners. That's how "affectionate" this weasel is. Great shot)))
Nikolai Ohotnik
12.03.2024 21:54
And she also likes to climb into the chicken coop, and then it's a disaster for the chickens and the owners. That's how "affectionate" this weasel is. Great shot)))
Vera Ketova, and weasels also caress horses to the point of madness. That's all just a fairy tale. I personally saw chickens peck a weasel to death.
Ketova Vera
Ketova Vera 481.59
13.03.2024 06:39
Vera Ketova, and weasels also caress horses to the point of madness. That's all a fairy tale. I personally saw chickens peck a weasel to death.
Nikolay Myslivets, but nothing of the sort! All my friends' chickens were bitten to death. It was a sad sight.
M Y X O M O P
M Y X O M O P 158.21
13.03.2024 09:52
... and weasels also caress horses to the point of madness...
Nikolai Myslivets, that's not true!
[in Nikolai Drozdov's voice] A weasel kills a horse with a single blow of its tail, then carries it whole to its hollow tree. However, it only does this in the fall—that's how it gets its food for the winter (it eats the horse all winter). If the horse is small and there isn't enough of it before the green grass appears, the weasel sneaks into a bear's den in March, strangles it with its front paws, and then eats it right there in the den until May (so as not to have to drag it back and forth for two spring months). In May, the weasel molts and goes to summer pastures, where it feeds on grass until fall.
Ewa Strzelecka
13.03.2024 13:26
Nikolai Myslivets, that's not true!
[in Nikolai Drozdov's voice] A weasel kills a horse with one swipe of its tail, then carries it whole back to its tree hollow. However, it only does this in the fall—that's how it gets its food for the winter (it eats the horse all winter). If the horse is small and doesn't have enough to eat before the green grass appears, the weasel sneaks into the bear's den in March, strangles it with its front paws, and then eats it right there in the den until May (so as not to have to drag it back and forth for two spring months). In May, the weasel molts and goes to summer pastures, where it feeds on grass until fall.
M Y X O M O P, 😂
Nikolai Ohotnik
13.03.2024 20:37
Nikolay Myslivets, nothing of the sort! All my friends' chickens were bitten to death. It was a sad sight.
Vera Ketova, it was a marten, or, in rare cases, an ermine. It's very similar to a weasel, but a bit larger.
Nikolai Ohotnik
13.03.2024 20:39
Nikolai Myslivets, that's not true!
[in Nikolai Drozdov's voice] A weasel kills a horse with a single swipe of its tail, then carries it whole back to its tree hollow. However, it only does this in the fall—that's how it gets its food for the winter (it eats the horse all winter). If the horse is small and doesn't have enough to eat before the green grass appears, the weasel sneaks into the bear's den in March, strangles it with its front paws, and then eats it right there in the den until May (so as not to have to drag it back and forth for two spring months). In May, the weasel molts and goes to summer pastures, where it feeds on grass until fall.
M Y X O M O P, I completely agree with Drozdov! :)))
Nikolai Ohotnik
13.03.2024 20:39

Ewa Strzelecka,
Nikolai Ohotnik
13.03.2024 20:41
M Y X O M O P,
Ewa Strzelecka, :))) M Y X O M O P quoted Drozdov correctly!
Ketova Vera
Ketova Vera 481.59
14.03.2024 05:54
Vera Ketova, it was a marten, or, in rare cases, an ermine. It's very similar to a weasel, but a bit larger.
Nikolay Myslivets, oh well, let's forgive the ermine for its beautiful fur coat.😉
Alex-55-boy
Alex-55-boy 1,431.25
14.03.2024 07:15
Disguised as snow!
Illustrator Voroschilin S D
14.03.2024 22:01
It's ridiculous, I thought for a long time: how can this be? It can't be, but...the facts!
One small and gentle habit crushes the will.
Why literally ridicule it when the meaning is the same?
Like a Brothers Grimm fairy tale, but the black guy there is definitely ridiculous.
Jakov Lesnoi
Jakov Lesnoi 163.66
26.06.2024 07:35
A rare shot – never seen one on a tree. The contrast is excellent – unlike in the snow.