Stoat/ermine/short-tailed weasel or longtailed weasel raids squirrel trap

Source This is either a long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata)  or a stoat/ermine/short-tailed weasel (Mustela erminea).  The ermine has a more northerly distribution than the the long-tailed weasel, but both species do have have some overlap in their ranges. They are easier to tell apart in the summer coat. Long-tailed weasels have a more yellow belly [...]

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Ermine/stoat/short-tailed weasel or long-tailed weasel raids a squirrel trap

Source This is either a long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata)  or a stoat/ermine/short-tailed weasel (Mustela erminea).  The ermine has a more northerly distribution than the the long-tailed weasel, but both species do have have some overlap in their ranges. They are easier to tell apart in the summer coat. Long-tailed weasels have a more yellow belly [...]

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Sir David Attenborough on Climate Change

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Dire wolf versus modern wolf physiology

Source My, what big teeth you have!

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Is Dick Cheney running Canada?

Seriously.            

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German shepherd dog from 1915

The photo above comes from W.E. Mason’s Dogs of All Nations. The description goes as follows: Color: Black, grizzle, reddish brown, either self colored or with tan, white ar white with large dark patches or brindle, with or without tan markings. White on the chest and legs is permissible, but not desirable. Height: 22 in. [...]

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Willie the ball chasing fool

Willie is the only Jack Russell I have known with such a pronounced retrieving instinct. He will fetch a ball or a stuffed toy until you are tired of it. I remember getting into a little bit of trouble when Willie was about six months old. He was wanting to play fetch really bad, and I [...]

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PETA’s plan for Uga

Not an Alapaha. A robot!

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Dad’s nice 8-point

Dad bagged this nice 8-point white-tail buck at a little after 5 PM on Thanksgiving Day. They didn’t get big by being stupid. But every once in a while, one slips up. And that’s what happened to this one.

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Before turkeys became cheap table fare…

Thanksgiving ham was the main course. The pigs were butchered as soon as the coolness of November settled in. Of course, the winters now are so mild that November isn’t the best month to butcher hogs. Of course, that also assumes that people still keep pigs to fatten for their own use. It’s now much [...]

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