I really struggle to get my head round weasels

[HoneyDragon]

I've seen them. I know what they look like, and often catch them whizzing across the road at weasel warp speed.

But their size always surprises me. Every time. I know they are small. But when you look at a picture of a weasel or think weasel, you think bigger. You don't think "oh, a weasel. That's a little bigger than a hamster that is". Or I don't. I go, ooooh a weasel. Wow, it's tiny, every time, the surprise never abates.

I struggle with weasel physics. That the actual weasel is not the size of the concept of weasel in my head.

I'm not sure how to fix it.

Ours are very calm badgers.

Not asbo badgers.

Asbo badgers would be a bit scary.... They're well armed with all those teeth and claws

That's ferrets, badgers wife.

I was talking about this very thing just a couple of days ago!

In my head they're only a little smaller than a ferret.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one. Was there a children's story or something that gave us all unrealistic weasel expectations as adults?!

I have touched a stuffed bagder.

I used to have a toy badger and his bum got singed on the gas fire, it really was 'as rough as a badgers arse'

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And Googling weasels doesn't help give you an idea of their sizes either

Youknow... Farthing wood friends! The weasels were massive

How are you with ferrets OP?

:o

I'd rather think of badgers as mythical creatures - like unicorns, or summat.

'Cat Found'

Bahahahahahahaha

Farthing Wood was written by a man, wasn't it?

(This comment has potential for crossover with the 'you feminists drag feminism into everything' brigade).

So what are we saying here - weasels are the size of rats, basically? Well fed rats?

ferrets!!!!!! Bloody hell, I never knew. I thought they were the same thing. Ferrets look exactly the same though, just giant-sized

No, they're tiny, hassled. Much much tiner than rats.

I can cope with ferrets. They are ferret sized.

Summer rain that could be it, but I only read the (pictureless) books as a child. And I'd seen weasels lots.

Why?! Why are they so tiny? I think they've changed.

Or maybe I got bigger.

Ahem....been waiting many years to use this little gem in context.

A stoat can be easily told from a weasel
by the simple fact
that its tail is blacked
and its figure is slightly the bigger!

Mink are too tiny too.

You'd have to take a rat, use an apple corer on it lengthwise and the core you have left would be a weasel.

Now I've given it some thought, I agree. I feel similarly about raccoons. Much, much bigger than they should be.

So

Weasels are a head fuck
Giraffes eyes are wrong
And
Badgers are mythological creatures

Oh and according to LRD the author of Farthing would got weasel confused with penis.

I love you, honey. I was just thinking I'd been all reticent and got that one in under the radar.