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I'm coyote Peterson living underneath
this crate it's one of the most vicious
creatures in the animal kingdom and I'm
gonna let it out are you ready one two
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the wilds of Alaska are home to one of
the most ferocious mammals on the planet
a fearless predator armed with a
bone-crushing bite force lightning speed
and the ability to take down prey
several times its own size I know what
you were thinking it must be a grizzly
bear or maybe a Wolverine but what if I
told you the maximum size of this animal
is only 15 inches long making it one of
the smallest members of its family
the mustelids today we are in haines
alaska and steve kroschel wildlife
sanctuary where we will be getting up
close one of these little mammals who's
been raised in captivity this stealthy
hunters related to badgers pine martens
mink and even Wolverines have you
guessed who we are talking about if not
get ready to meet the short tailed
weasel very slowly
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Thank You dinner with a rock that's how
strong they are
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they nervous didn't that yeah I got
lunch out of the straw and balmy
I see it Thursday an important persons
by the light thing oh sure that chirp
okay um let me get it out if we just sit
back for a second one thing you don't do
is try to force a member of the weasel
family to do something that it doesn't
want to do wait a minute I hear some
rustling in there here we go here we go
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I don't let this cuteness fool you this
is one ferocious predator I'm trying to
stay still right now I don't want to
just twitch my fingers run because if I
do it may think that that's something to
latch on to of this little tiny animal
it's jumping around in here has a bite
strength that is a hundred and fifty
pounds per square inch give you some
perspective
a human's bite force is only 85 pounds
and I think it's underneath me right now
more comfortable with me behind me well
nervous tiny little sharp teeth well you
know notice that the tip of the tail is
dark and coloration almost black and the
tip of tear will stay that color all
year long even when the coat is white so
cute you would fit perfectly in my
pocket you know where that Lisa would go
best right these scratch my back in an
instance like this it is all about just
letting the animal acclimate to me I
don't want to try to force an encounter
if I were to grab that weasel right now
it would rear around and bite me with
those sharp little needle-like teeth I
want it's right behind you mark don't
move don't move just let it come back
this way I'm just keeping my hand low to
the ground it's underneath you it's
totally cool don't worry about it out
there right there right there okay
this little creature is like the
hummingbird of mammals it's heart is
going in 800 beats a minute at a resting
pace 300 bees a minute
that is crazy so this little thing is
running around it's hard to imagine that
800 beats in a single minute now in the
wild these weasels are incredible
predators and what they will do is they
will find the Burrow of a mouse or a
full it will go in there it will find
whether it's an adult or its babies and
it will just be everything that it comes
across then they will take over the
Burrow and turn that into their own I'm
gonna be honest with you I don't think
there's any chance of me actually
holding on to this weasel and keeping it
still for the cameras I do want to get
you guys some really cute shots at this
animal it's absolutely adorable so I
brought with me a GoPro on a gimbal and
I think if I follow the weasel around I
can get you guys some great shots are
you ready I'm trying to put all the
reason clothes I just wanted to come up
on these rocks here it's almost like I
can't move the camera fast enough to get
it in frame come hang out thank you
let me just hang up oh boy where's that
weasel going you never know which old
it's going to pop out here we go it's
open the great there goes so fast it's
like a little ninja
awesome oh nice did you get it huh yeah
it's probably best shot that I'm gonna
get today oh it's sweltering in here but
how fun is that spending the afternoon
playing pop goes the weasel with weasels
I'm coyote Peterson be brave stay wild
we'll see on the next adventure hope
there he goes okay one more shot if you
thought this encounter with a member of
the weasel family was exciting go back
and watch the time I climbed up into a
tree to hang out with a pine marten
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