Monday Mustelid #36

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Stoat, Mustela erminea L.

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I think you have finally discovered the missing link.

This pic just struck me as a perfect example of evolution. So human in pose, the intensity of the face, you just know that the wheels are turning inside that tiny brain.

Now if we could get humans to act like this.

-gary-