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No, this was in the Peak District, UK

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It sounds like you are very easily stunned

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For the perched shots I was using 600mm on a crop sensor so about 960mm equivalent on a full frame camera, Hope that helps!

Stoats are very similar to weasels, in the same genus (mustelids) but are slightly larger and have a black tip to the tail. Stoats and weasels are quite small (about the Size of a red squirrel) but can overpower Prey many times their size!

@@olivermcqueen5654 such as Kiwi birds and possibly(if the parents are hunting)BIRDS OF PREY(maybe

@@TimmyDaSeagull they'll go for baby birds and eggs. New zealand did introduce ermines if I remember to control rats but they also ate ground nesting birds

@@olivermcqueen5654 The genus is (Mustela), Mustelids (Mustelidae) is the Weasel-like family as a whole. Stoat is beleaved to have derived from the Dutch word stout ("bold"), personally i call them Stoat weasel (Mustela ermines) they are a Weasel. Like most common names they differ in other countries, that's why we have scientific names, same all over (when people keep up to date). For example stoat weasel (Mustela ermines) are also known by Eurasian ermine, Beringian ermine, Bonaparte weasel, Ermine, Short-tailed weasel. They are closely related to the Least weasel (Mustela nivalis) -aka- Little weasel, Common weasel, Weasel. Also the formally misidentified as a subspecies of Stoat weasel (Mustela ermines), now recognised as the American Weasel (Mustela richardsonii) - aka - American ermine, American stoat. The Haida weasel (Mustela haidarum) - aka - Haida ermine, beleaved to have originated from hybridisation between the Stoat weasel (Mustela ermines) that found in the northwest of North America and the American Weasel (Mustela richardsonii) that has a bigger North America range. Also there's the recently recognised Chinese missing-toothed weasel (Mustela aistoodonnivalis) - aka - Missing-toothed pygmy weasel, Sichuan weasel, that was first misidentified as a subspecies of Least weasel (Mustela nivalis), but recent genetics placed it more related to the Stoat weasel (Mustela ermines).

Yes, stoats and mustelids In General are capable of overpowering prey many times their size!

Stoats are much stronger and have killer instincts

A Stoat, being a predator, always "hunts" for its' food, where as a squirrel "gathers" their food. Think of a trained MMA fighter taking on a guy, in a fight, who hasn't really fought at all? Huge difference.

@windtalker Squirrel can barely crack into an acorn. A stoat can crack into a rabbit's skull and rabbits are up to 10 times its size. A squirrel would be no match. Also squirrel has chiseled teeth like a mouse. A stoat has a canine like row of teeth. Stoat has a mouth of a predator. Squirrel has to stoat teeth is like a mouse to cat teeth. One is built to feed on nuts and another is built to feed on flesh.

Mustellids and Felines are generally the strongest animals in their class and size. You're not going to beat one just by being a little bigger than it. Simple as that, really. Also, generally speaking. A lot of non-predatory animals tend to avoid fighting even when it's in their best interests. Humans pretty much have to fight bears in order to survive. We consciously can choose to fight. A squirrel just wants to run.

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Agreed 👍 the way they can overpower Prey such as rabbits that are ten times their size is truly amazing!

100%. We have ferrets/polecats ourselves and it's amazing to see how clever they really are and what they're capable of. Also the fearlessness of mustelids is something to admire. Regardless of their size/what they're taking on, they will never back down.

@@olivermcqueen5654 My question is after they bag a kill ten times their size what do they do with what they can't eat? Store it and eat on it over time or abandon it for fresh prey?

@@nonaurbizniz7440 They store their food in places during the winter, wouldn't surprise me if they dragged the Prey and hid it somewhere for later feeding all year round

@@nonaurbizniz7440 Stash , and eat quite quickly. My ferrets & poleys did that, They have to hide prey as quickly as possible, in the wild , or risk another predator stealing their catch.

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Mustelids certainly are very smart

It's a delicacy in some countries 😂

Especially how the bird left the branch and flew right into the small house

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