“If you have a high metabolic rate, you can be more active and search farther for food in more places and in more diverse ways,” Dr. Powell said. As a result of their compact dental layout, many weasels have foreshortened snouts that make them look young and cute. “They’re living life on the edge,” Dr. Powell said. If they’re well fed, Dr. Powell said, “they’ll bounce and ricochet around, pounce, stalk, wiggle and change shape and just about turn themselves inside out. The fisher must encounter the porcupine on open ground, at which point it can start running circles around its quarry.

Source: New York Times June 13, 2016 21:11 UTC