Mad Stoat - Crazy dance

A Stoat at Pulborough Brooks, West Sussex doing the 'mad dance'. It's thought that they do this to confuse prey, but they just seem to have amazing fun.
Just watch him go!
From Sussex Scrapbook at:

http://www.totally-cuckoo.com

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• Wildlife
• Stoat
• mammal
• pulborough
• sussex
• mad

[phatrobert]

I think I want to camp in your garden for a few weeks!

[7Balloon8]

Redwall

[Burhan243]

lmao, thats what i think everytime i hear wodland creatues too lmao

[starshine428]

Wow it came really close to you!

[rollomaughfling]

Man, those little buggers are fast.

[annbaskervill]

@vagoperezoso I watched the little documentary, & since I am of the age of Alice & her mushrooms, I had to giggle before feeling sorry for that poor rabbit... :)

[vagoperezoso]

@annbaskervill hahahah you're welcome, put "And if you go chasing rabbits..." in the searcher, it shows a documentary about the dance

[annbaskervill]

@vagoperezoso I've owned ferrets since 1985, but I didn't know that the wild ones "dance" for their prey LOL It's still cute....Thanks for the info!

[vagoperezoso]

@annbaskervill YES, it is the famous "weasel war dance" that ferrets do when they're happy, the wild species (like the weasel and the black footed ferret) do it but to hunt

[MultiNonymous]

Forget hamsterdance, it's stoat dance time!

[16mmDJ]

@7Balloon8 Elil from Watership Down

[Julesocarina64]

It looks more like a squirrel than a stoat...

[JT90INTHEHOUSE]

War Dance!