Only the smallest mammalian carnivore.
Least Weasel
Submitted 5 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 5 months ago
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
lemming@sh.itjust.works 5 months 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 5 months 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 5 months ago
I assumed they meant carnivora
saltesc@lemmy.world 5 months ago
That’s definitely not the world’s smallest carnivore, but it is a small carnivore
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
They probably meant carnivore mammal
TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Right? Shit, we got single-cell carnivores in this world.
BroBot9000@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Any less weasel and BAM, got yourself a mouse.
nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months 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 5 months ago
The problem is there isn’t a Most Weasel.
roguetrick@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I think that would be the wolverine.
Nelots@lemm.ee 5 months ago
The superhero or the animal? Because I’m fine with either.
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
An absolute unit.
DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
And that unit shall be called “1 milliweasel”.
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
Which is equivalent to 1x10^-3^ weasel or 1x10^-6^ kiloweasel.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 5 months ago
you can have
… I can has?
It’s so cute!pelletbucket@lemm.ee 5 months ago
holy shit, I didn’t think there was anything smaller than a stoat in that family
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 5 months ago
The Leasel
The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 5 months ago
Leasel al Gahib!
witty_username@feddit.nl 5 months ago
Isn’t that a stoat
dactylotheca@suppo.fi 5 months ago
It’s less than a stoat
Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 5 months ago
That thing is a killing machine!
Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 5 months ago
trolske@feddit.org 5 months 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 5 months ago
A quantum of stoat.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Aka long hamsterat
JimSamtanko@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Love it!
A_A@lemmy.world 5 months 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 5 months ago
@fossilesque
it's the world's smallest carnivoran, not the smallest carnivore, which would probably be some form of insect.
@kopperNigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Minimum Viable Predator
mayo_cider@hexbear.net 5 months ago
Knowing weasels at least one of those has taken down a moose
seaQueue@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Cute cat snake
Eylrid@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The lesser of two weasels
Rusty@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Let’s all vote for the lesser of two weasels.