Stoats

This month's Fortean Times is another good 'un - it's mainly about the dark side of nature with a feature on the fox and its attributes but what really made me excitedly turn the page was an article called 'When Stoat Packs Attack'. Apparently in certain times of plenty they swarm in armies of around 50 creatures attacking humans and being known to bring down deer and horses. We have seen stoat kits gambolling in a field nearby, but so far haven't had trouble from them - maybe they don't want to upset the badgers. More information on stoats here - how can you tell the difference between a stoat and a weasel? A weasel's weaselly distinguishable and a stoats stotally different. Sorry.