Only the smallest mammalian carnivore.
Least Weasel
Submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 1 year ago
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
lemming@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Well, if you want to head that way, there’s Etruscan shrew. Less than 2 grams of weight and 4 cm of length.
Madison420@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s known for taking down prey larger than itself and I think holds the record for biggest disparity of weight predator to prey.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I assumed they meant carnivora
saltesc@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That’s definitely not the world’s smallest carnivore, but it is a small carnivore
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
They probably meant carnivore mammal
TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Right? Shit, we got single-cell carnivores in this world.
BroBot9000@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Any less weasel and BAM, got yourself a mouse.
nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Best mustelid. It’s incredible that they are able to take rabbits as prey. And their strategy is absolutely amazing: confusion. They do their weasel war dance and the rabbit doesn’t know what the fuck is going on until its neck is in the tiny mouth of a creature 1/10th its size.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
The problem is there isn’t a Most Weasel.
roguetrick@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I think that would be the wolverine.
Nelots@lemm.ee 1 year ago
The superhero or the animal? Because I’m fine with either.
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
An absolute unit.
DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
And that unit shall be called “1 milliweasel”.
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Which is equivalent to 1x10^-3^ weasel or 1x10^-6^ kiloweasel.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 1 year ago
you can have
… I can has?
It’s so cute!pelletbucket@lemm.ee 1 year ago
holy shit, I didn’t think there was anything smaller than a stoat in that family
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 year ago
The Leasel
The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 1 year ago
Leasel al Gahib!
witty_username@feddit.nl 1 year ago
Isn’t that a stoat
dactylotheca@suppo.fi 1 year ago
It’s less than a stoat
Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
That thing is a killing machine!
Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
trolske@feddit.org 1 year ago
They are pretty metal. They kill their prey by literally crushing the skull.
I’ve seen them hunt and once they get a hold of the prey, the struggle is over in seconds.mycodesucks@lemmy.world 1 year ago
A quantum of stoat.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Aka long hamsterat
JimSamtanko@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Love it!
A_A@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Average body length in males is 130 to 260 mm, while females average 114 to 204 mm.
Males weigh 36 to 250 g, while females weigh 29 to 117 g.lily@glaceon.social 1 year ago
@fossilesque
it's the world's smallest carnivoran, not the smallest carnivore, which would probably be some form of insect.
@kopperNigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Minimum Viable Predator
mayo_cider@hexbear.net 1 year ago
Knowing weasels at least one of those has taken down a moose
seaQueue@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Cute cat snake
Eylrid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The lesser of two weasels
Rusty@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Let’s all vote for the lesser of two weasels.