Pine marten

[irkibby]

That is some quality footage of an adorable creature, well done!

[FerretFox]

ittss soo cuute!!

[inkworlds]

great footage of a beautiful creature!



[giftedlyricist5049]

It's so adorable! I WANT IT!

[kingbeanable]

i want one!!!! XD

[JnL471]

They look almost like foxes i think.

[weasele1]

just like any aminal in the weasel family shows curiosity a sighn of inteligence

[dexandme4everandever]

To cute

[BCSpiritBear]

Martens are like seals, their cute little faces are deceptive. I'm surrounded by Martens all winter, I'd rather run into a bear any day! They can incredibly fierce, like wolverines.

[wegotf8th]

if i had a pine marten id name it steve =]

[79Testo]

Marten's are cool!

Raccoons are disgusting to me. You don't hear Marten carrying all these diseases like Raccoons have.

[helmivach]

Beautiful animal, AND footage! Thanks for sharing :-)

[blunklaura]

Aww they are gorgeous ! Is that really the sound they make?

Are they very common there still?I hope there are laws to protect the adorable things...

[NiteLiter]

great footage,thanks.....

[PrettyKissTV]

Tooooo cute! xD

[honeyflowerchild]

I have a pine marten living up in my attic for more then a year now, he is beautiful but the poo presents arent!! he kind of scares me with those claws though

[honeyflowerchild]

I have a pine marten in my attic, he is there with over a year, Im a bit nervous of him to be honest, its the claws, they're huge! Im just back from walking my dog and I saw one climbing up the wall of my neighbours timber shed, Im starting to think Im living in a Pine Marten reservation

[HaBooBo0]

What a beautiful creature. Are they related to mink/stoats/weasels and the like? Just wondering since they don't seem to have long body and short legs which is typical of most mustelids. It has longer legs and more of a cat-like shape.

[LeonDGM]

@HaBooBo0 yeah they're related to those and polecats ferrets, badgers and otters.

[ItsOver900O]

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww­wwwwwwwwwww

[scaramangaix]

Too cute! I wish we had these stateside.

[jaredbarkerlandscape]

@scaramangaix We do , millions of them.

[Vtmtnman42]

@scaramangaix We do have them stateside,infact the are largeenough populations in Main,NH and the northern rockies that they are considered a furbearer.Here i VT they are here but not in enough numbers to be trapped.

[Naturallyskeptic]

lovely things

[Falarmoldovia]

So beautiful ..............................­................ Btw, those are pretty dangerous, they won't kill you but they can bite like a bitch. We used to have a pet marten, a house marten though, and as it matured it became seriously violent - In the end it had to be put down. - To prevent the "omfg you should've set it free!"; We had it for several years, and got it as a very young marten, so we couldn't let it go into the wild, as it wouldn't know how to survive.

[GothicBarbie001]

After I read Inkheart by Cornelia Funke, I wanted to see what a marten looked like and I wasn't even sure if it existed. But it did.

Thank you for the video!!!!

[slapchop420]

kind of reminds me of vulpix!

[survivor33]

These things are pretty evil... the first night I slept in my house use in Germany they were having a royal rumble on the roof, growling and chattering... it felt like i was in the movie paranormal activity because I had no idea what they are. They eat spark plug wires in your car and kill all small animals, chickens, rabbits, cats, could probably take out a small dog. We have a cat in our neighborhood with one eye... weasels try to strike at the eyes. Who needs em. Definitely not cute.

[PinkOld]

What a handsome devil!

Unusual to see such a notoriously wary predator come so close to humans.

If you have a rodent problem at all, he will tidy it up in a hurry.

[angelgirl0403]

its sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooo cute!!

[tall32guy]

So cute! I like the light-colored area on his chest. :)

[bongoobong]

I saw one of these in a wildlife sanctuary. They are absolutely gorgeous and so fast!

[blowinbamboo]

nice video

[PalmerUK]

Really good footage you got there he seems very tame, he must be used to people living in that house, i've lived 30 miles from loch ness all my life and have never seen a wild one they are so timid and reclusive.

[bananatreesniffer]

So cute! Thanks for the video!

[pcred562]

I've always wanted to know what a pine marten looked like. Cool.

[philstew123]

they are nice looking animals but they are destructive as hell! one broke into the roof of my chicken shed and killed my hens!

[ielaba98]

thank you so much I love this animal!

[oxyaena]

We have American pine martens which are identical to the Eurasian pine marten above along with the Russian sable, all members of the weasel family Mustelidae, and all highly prized furbearers, hence, their scarcity... People have been trying to start sable farms for years, with limited success. Like the fox and mink, atleast the fur farms would protect the wild population of martens.

[clairenunavut]

thnks for the video, cute marten! :)

[TheMustelidae7]

they are part of the mustelidae famely look it up when you have the time they are rly cool :D

[Canadianbrother1]

Cool animal !

It looks kinda like a baby hyena, dog , cat , squirrel and ferret all in one . I never seen this animal before it does look kind of cool though.

Cb1

[LewisB776]

I've wanted a Pine Marten for a while now.. shame I can't have one xD lol  I love them their so cute :D

[Jshizzle2]

you do realize that they're carnivorous.... which means they are aggressive.

[desertrose6785]

THAT IS JUST TOO CUTE!

[BrettCelinski]

Europe has awesome mammals

[HaniiPuppy]

Fit a bonnie wee beastie =^_^=

[peacemtn]

Wow

[thedukeofantioch]

it liked performing to the camera

[budbrother]

one of my most favorite weasel specimen. Ruthless little killers, instinctual assassins

[gorillazhead]

Their very illusive weasels, you're lucky to see one.

[iiluvChRiSbReEzY]

aww, i just read a novel (where the time period was 1277) & the leading man had a marten as a pet :) this video is wonderful! i didn't exactly know what a marten looked like, but my imagination was just about right! they are truly beautiful :)

[zemestream]

Great video, thanks for sharing.

[kathykisslight]

He did really enjoy making this "movie"! Little star.

[elvensbane]

ewoewoeoeoewowowowowo!

[GuitarHeroRulez321]

That thing had large paws. Martens look cool.

[SuperCereal15]

that is just too cute xD i didnt know they were so big though

[FancyShawl99]

SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[luckydogiam]

Great shot! Were the fangs showing at 1:32!!! They look very sharp!

[sickmarten]

Amazing. =^^=

[bigpeem83]

i saw a pinemarten when i was fishing at locinbreck in SW scotland it was great to see

[racefaceec90]

i saw a pine marten around 2007.i live in wiltshire uk,and i saw one whilst out on my mountainbike,i couldn't believe it but i swear i am telling the truth.dark chocolate fur,cream white underfur that stops halfway down it's body,around 16 " long.i was well chuffed seeing it!!!

[Nightbreed24]

Maybe you saw a stone marten. The white colour would suggest that (pine marten have yellow throats as you can see here). These little guys are common in urban and semi-urban areas. I've even seen some in the central square of a city with 150 000 inhabitants. There was an abandoned house in our suburban street and the garden terrace was full with their droppings. They even invade attics on occasions.

[gerryeire050]

are pine martens in ireland as big?

[heilong79]

should be same species so yeah, they are almost exctinct.

[CrazyRoundMan]

I had just read a book with a reference to Pine Martens, having no idea what exactly they were I am delighted to stumble across this. Thanks much!

[ahorsecalledgavin]

What a gorgeous creature - looks like a young one? And I can hear goldfinch in the background, i'll bet it's a wonderful spot for nature watching! We're always looking out for wee self catering places in the middle of no-where and this looks great! will def check it out.

thanks for posting.

[DAF460]

tame little devil isnt he

[smoothhound12]

WOW HOW DID YOU GET SO CLOSE

[disturbedkrazey]

aww,it's so cute =]

[45webkinzrock]

@disturbedkrazey it's my fav animal :)

[ferrets2cool24]

wow martens are very rare mostly because people hunt them 4 their fur yes i know alot about them cas im also a marten fan

[ferretsareawesome121]

me 2 am a marten fan

[beccague06]

No that's not an American marten, But he's So CUTE!

[zaxzs]

wow really cool animal acts like a dog and moves like a cat

[panto111]

Lovely video :)

[ThylacineAli]

Is it by any chance in the canide family?

[TaiFerret]

Martens belong to the weasel family.

[iluffsmyferrets]

my my my they are beautiful creatures thats for sure...

[luvmustilids]

Most certainly a pine marten. Rarely seen in open as they are arbor dwelling and biurnal. Wonderful to see!! Thank you

[hildibildibaldi]

Nice looking thing. Have your arm off given the chance. Smells the food. Chicken?

Nice, clear video. Good for you for posting.

[calzy27]

an american marten? does that mean they were introduced into scotland?

[nyalasi]

It's so cute! But i think it is american marten.

[nyalasi]

Or stone marten.

[bowsercastle]

Its not american its scottish.

[meldidnot]

Wonderful,alot like a sable.

[meldidnot]

Wonderful.

[tribbleq]

There is an American marten, I think they are prevalent in temperate areas, which includes the united states.

[QUlNTESSENCE]

eh? this is in Scotland

[zzzzzzzzzZZ2222]

they are really shy and usually really rare

so cute!

[invadernik]

really cool theyre like my 2nd fav weasels

[Stormwatch153]

Jethro Tull - The pine marten's jig

[lordnick1575]

lol i have a ferret i wonder if ferrets would like to make friends with pinemartens

[hineboxing]

OMG, you guys are so lucky to have seen this animal. They are usually really shy.

[airrick16]

so cute! do marten live in the US?

[FBrizman89]

I think Beech martens do.

[BadlndsBob]

Martens are so cool! Thanks for the nice clip. Yes, it is very pretty.

[WildlifeDen]

Very beautiful creature. Looks like a cross between a Fox and a Ferret ^_^

He's an inquisitive looking one, no? Wish we had them around here. I'd love to see one.

[thedukeofantioch]

so cute!

[Iluvallmusicbyfergie]

i was at my friends cabin we went out to the car and one of em chased us

[Nussherm]

really nice! I had a pine marten stuck on our roof! Check out my video if you want to see it.

[Krazyeyeskilla]

Hahaa, these little beasts are very nice!

Are they well tempered? I wish we had little guys like this is in Australia.

[sazji]

We have lots of them in Istanbul of all places. They are *not* well-tempered, they have pretty wicked fights at night. But they are interesting animals to have around. When they don't leave little marten piles on our entryway. ;)

[Bubblebanana]

I just realized how cute pine martens are.

[EvilSmeavil]

pretty funny animals! The funny thing is that my name is marten van kruijssen.

[MimiSilverstone]

I LOVE MARTENS! Absolute FAVORITE animal <3*hugs them*

[Getinnnn]

Cool. Bonnie creature

[shammerton73]

very good, beautiful wee animal

[grandesenhor]

nice wildlife in scotland