Most Amazing Sight

[Elton]

Walking along today, across a field, I heard the squeak of a distressed rabbit. It's something you get used to hearing when you walk a dog in the countryside.

 

So, I turned round and saw the rabbit, which was in the process of getting its butt well and truly kicked by a stoat.

 

Now, I don't know if it was the reflex actions of the bunny, but it appeared that the stoat was throwing it in the air and giving it a real hiding!

 

I've seen many a rabbit carcass with a hole in the chest around here, so assumed that was done by stoats in the past.

 

Anyway, this rabbit was definitely going to bunny heaven as, stirred by all the commotion, my dog ran over, scared the stoat away and grabbed it.

 

Almost as surreal as the day she chased a rat into a hedge on the very same field and had a cat and pigeon drop on her head, as the cat had struck the pigeon in the tree and they both tumbled on top of her.

 

Who said country life was boring, eh?

[Guest Jan V]

Just one question - what's a stoat?

[Elton]

Just one question - what's a stoat?

 

Like a weasel. You have those?

[paul mc]

Ask ferret i think it may be one of his relation's

a stoat is like a weasel

and they are not as cute as they look

Edited January 20, 2006 by paul mc

[geffaz]

Just one question - what's a stoat?

like a weisel! a very small lightly built ferret thing

elton have you ever seen one do a sort of break dance (somersoults, back spins)

in front of a rabbit to weird it out! get closer and bang! very strange but effective!

[Elton]

like a weisel! a very small lightly built ferret thing

elton have you ever seen one do a sort of break dance (somersoults, back spins)

in front of a rabbit to weird it out! get closer and bang! very strange but effective!

 

I haven't, but somebody told me about it today and I thought he was taking the proverbial!

[Guest Ferret1959]

Just one question - what's a stoat?

 

 

Stoat is the one on the right.

 

[Elton]

Is a weasel smaller? Mine looked diddy (don't go there, Ferret )

[paul mc]

If you can copy that noise that a distressed rabbit makes you can attract foxes and they sometimes come really close to investigate if your still enough.

You can make the noise by putting your hand over your closed lips then suck in slowly but it may get you some strange looks of other dog walkers

[Guest Ferret1959]

Weasel is smaller with a white tip to the tail.