Ewan, kitted out in sharp suitings, is about as attractive as a stoat in a tux. |
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The robe is trimmed with ermine, which is the white winter coat of the stoat in northern regions of Europe. |
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The rabbit was still jerking slightly as the stoat dragged it off over the hill. |
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The Croatian currency is the kuna, apparently named after a small furry animal like a stoat or weasel, the pelts of which used to be traded. |
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Does the boss who scheduled your sadly abbreviated lunch break deserve to be called a weasel or a stoat? |
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Pine marten, fox, red squirrel, badger, stoat and weasel are more at home in the woodland areas. |
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They include pine marten, wildcat, stoat and weasel as well as golden eagles, merlin, peregrine falcon, golden plover and in time black grouse and capercaillie. |
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Opposite me sat a man with a ferret or stoat sitting in the inside pocket of his jacket, from where it surveyed the rest of the carriage as he stroked its silky head. |
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A half-woken stoat peeped scaredly from its lair in a drystone wall and a skinny old doe stood alert and watchful on a limestone outcrop. |
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They are carnivores like the stoat, weasel, otter and badger. |
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It may be a visual pun on her surname, since the Greek for ermine or stoat is galay. |
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Only two mammals the Irish stoat and the Irish hare and three species of birds are exclusively Irish. |
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Opossum and stoat, introduced into the park, are now a menace to other wildlife. |
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To encounter a stoat when setting out for a journey was considered bad luck, but one could avert this by greeting the stoat as a neighbour. |
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In the Zoroastrian religion, the stoat is considered a sacred animal, as its white winter coat represented purity. |
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Similarly, Mary Magdalene was depicted as wearing a white stoat pelt as a sign of her reformed character. |
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One popular European legend had it that a white stoat would die before allowing its pure white coat to be besmirched. |
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There is also a design called ermine inspired by the winter coat of the stoat and painted onto other furs, such as rabbit. |
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The stoat was a fundamental item in the fur trade of the Soviet Union, with no less than half the global catch coming from within its borders. |
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Among those that do not are the stoat, the polecats, the ferret, and the European mink. |
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Unlike the stoat and weasel, the polecat readily eats carrion, including that of large ungulates. |
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Unlike the stoat and least weasel, the European polecat is easy to breed in captivity. |
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With luck, you may spot a stoat hunting or a barn owl flying low over the meadows hunting for field voles and shrews. |
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Carnivorous mammals include the fox, badger, otter, weasel, stoat and elusive wildcat. |
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The ermine, or stoat, as an animal became the badge of John IV at the end of the 14th century. |
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The stoat was introduced into New Zealand to control rabbits, but instead it became troublesome and now endangers many of the country's native birds. |
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On the high mountain tops, species including ptarmigan, mountain hare and stoat can be seen in their white colour phase during winter months. |
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The name ermine is often, but not always, used for the stoat in its pure white winter coat, or the fur thereof. |
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The stoat thrived during the Ice Age, as its small size and long body allowed it to easily operate beneath snow, as well as hunt in burrows. |
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The stoat has an elongated neck, the head being set exceptionally far in front of the shoulders. |
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The stoat has four pairs of nipples, though they are visible only in females. |
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The stoat does not dig its own burrows, instead using the burrows and nest chambers of the rodents it kills. |
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The stoat is an opportunistic predator, which moves rapidly and checks every available burrow or crevice for food. |
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The stoat is a usually silent animal, but can produce a range of sounds similar to those of the least weasel. |
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When nervous, the stoat hisses, and will intersperse this with sharp barks or shrieks and prolonged screeching when aggressive. |
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But what the kiwi had most to fear turned out to be the stoat, a mustelid slightly bigger than a weasel but smaller than a ferret. |
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A marauding stoat entered the rabbit warren and killed fifteen bunnies. |
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However, stoat harvesting never became a specialty in any Soviet republic, with most stoats being captured incidentally in traps or near villages. |
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The stoat is classed by the IUCN as least concern, due to its wide circumpolar distribution, and because it does not face any significant threat to its survival. |
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Locally the stoat is just as often incorrectly called a weasel. |
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