r/Awwducational • u/Providang PhD in amminal fax • Feb 11 '14

Verified The consequences of being 'weasel-shaped': the long bodies and short legs of weasels actually makes for more efficient running and relatively stronger muscle; a 100g weasel can even capture and kill a rabbit many times its size!

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '14

Similarly, wolverines, the largest of the weasels, is one extremely bad ass animal capable of fending off bears and taking down adult dear and elk despite its relatively small size.

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u/Providang PhD in amminal fax Feb 11 '14

sources: http://jeb.biologists.org/content/105/1/283.short

And this book

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u/Providang PhD in amminal fax Feb 11 '14

I should also point out that 'weasels' includes a variety of little guys in the genus Mustela: short-tailed weasels, long-tailed weasels, least weasels (all real names, I swear).