Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Mystery animal caught on CCTV





It looks like a mustelid of some description, but without knowing any more about where the video was taken it is hard to say.

8 comments:

  1. Could be a stoat/ermine? That or a runaway ferret. Definitely Mustelidae like you said though.

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  2. Could be a stoat/ermine? That or a runaway pet ferret. Definitely Mustelidae like you said though.

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  3. Looks like a European polecat to me.

    Polecat numbers are apparently on the increase:

    http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ferreter/polecats.htm

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  4. Anonymous3:05 PM

    It looks like a Ferret or Ferret/Polecat cross to me.

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  5. this looks very very much like a young Stoat Mustela erminea, the black tip of the tail is the dead give away.

    Why not a Weasle well my granfather told me.
    A Weasle is weasily distinguished while a stoat is stoatally different"

    Sorry couldnt help the pun grandad used to get a kick outta that one.

    It does however look like a young stoat looking for somewhere to stake its claim and set up territory.

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  6. Anonymous12:45 AM

    I'd say it's a ferret.

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  7. Hi.
    Looks like a polecat to me, insofar as you can make it out on cctv.
    I used to live on anglesey and I was told they were quite common there thought the only ones I saw were roadkill.

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  8. Looks like a polecat to me, insofar as you can ever make much out on CCTV.

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