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Okavanga In reply to AlicesPlace [2018-03-05 17:14:41 +0000 UTC]
Cute...try saying that as it goes for the throat!!
Many Thanks, Alice.
David
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DouglasHumphries [2018-03-04 08:25:49 +0000 UTC]
Read a book many years ago called Greybeard by Brian Aldis ------Β en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greybearβ¦
Lots of stoats in the story ( set near London ) --- had never heard of a stoat before !
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Okavanga In reply to DouglasHumphries [2018-03-04 09:57:04 +0000 UTC]
Sounds like my kind of book, Douglas. I'll check Kindle for it.
As for stoats, they are fairly common here. Along with weasels they are major predators of small wildlife. They get a bad press as they kill bunnies, but are delightful creatures if you get to see them at play.Β
Cheers
David
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fotoponono [2018-03-04 07:27:16 +0000 UTC]
Why run towards you, David? For a feed?
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Okavanga In reply to fotoponono [2018-03-04 09:52:35 +0000 UTC]
Good point, Henry. In fact, the stoat is just doing what wild animals, including lions, do. It is using the track because it is easier and quicker than traveling through the undergrowth. The stoat knows where it wants to go hunting and just uses the quickest route to get there. I'm sure it did not see me until about this point when it would have registered my presence. Then, it stopped to have a good look. It would not be afraid, stoats don't do fear, just curious. With a leap and bound it was gone, into the adjacent field to hunt ground nesting birds.
David
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fotoponono In reply to Okavanga [2018-03-04 12:49:52 +0000 UTC]
Thank you, David, for putting me in the light.Β I am not familiar with these stoat animals.
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Okavanga In reply to fotoponono [2018-03-04 15:58:03 +0000 UTC]
I'm not sure what the African equivalent would be, Henry, the nearest I can find is the polecat and the weasel.
David
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fotoponono In reply to Okavanga [2018-03-05 03:39:23 +0000 UTC]
I thank you, David
Cheers
Henry K
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