Sunday, June 19, 2016

From the heavyweight Wolverine to the middleweights-Ferrets and Fishers-and all the way down the weight classes to long-tail Weasels. the Mustelid family is perhaps the highest energy, most persistent and arguably the most ferocious carnivore hunters in North America............"They also have big brains relative to body mass, and they apply their neuronal bounty to continuously fine-tune their movements during a hunt, a strategy that allows them to attack prey up to 10 times their size"

Ferrets(above)
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Basics

Weasels Are

 Built

 for the Hunt

By NATALIE ANGIER
Members of the
 mustelid family
, including badgers,
 ferrets and otters, 
have evolved into
remarkable predators.
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River Otters

Wolverine





















Fisher(below)
























Pine Marten(below)








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