Long-tailed Weasel – Efficient Hunter and Cannibal

 Long-tailed Weasels are obligate carnivores (eat meat exclusively), preying largely on smaller rodents but also take rabbits, chipmunks and birds – including poultry.  They take down prey several times their size and occasionally go on killing sprees triggered by the smell of blood.

 

Long-tailed Weasel, summer molt

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