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Dunno wut he's on about.
But, all I ran into was this.
> A mix of cute and not cute facts from Wikipedia:
> Reproduction and development
> Stoats are not monogamous, with litters often being of mixed paternity.
> Adult female stoats spend almost all their lives either pregnant or in heat.
> Females can reabsorb embryos and in the event of a severe winter they may reabsorb their entire litter.
> Males play no part in rearing the young, which are born blind, deaf, toothless and covered in fine white or pinkish down.
> Prior to the age of five to seven weeks, kits huddle for warmth when the mother is absent.
> Territorial and sheltering behavior
> The skins and underfur of rodent prey are used to line the nest chamber.
> Males and females typically live apart, but close to each other.
> A single den has several galleries, mainly within 30 cm (12 in) of the surface.
> The stoat typically eats about 50 g (1.8 oz) of food a day, which is equivalent to 25% of the animal's live weight.
> Because of their larger size, male stoats are less successful than females in pursuing rodents far into tunnels.
> Stoats regularly climb trees to gain access to birds' nests.
> The stoat reputedly mesmerises prey such as rabbits by a "dance" (sometimes called the weasel war dance), though this behaviour could be linked to Skrjabingylus infections. (This is a parasitic worm; do not google if squeamish!)
> The stoat seeks to immobilize large prey such as rabbits with a bite to the spine at the back of the neck. Small prey typically die instantly from a bite to the back of the neck, while larger prey, such as rabbits, typically die of shock, as the stoat's canine teeth are too short to reach the spinal column or major arteries.
> The stoat may surplus kill when the opportunity arises, though excess prey is usually cached and eaten later to avoid obesity, as overweight stoats tend to be at a disadvantage when pursuing prey into their burrows.
> Communication
> Adults trill excitedly before mating, and indicate submission through quiet trilling, whining and squealing.
> When nervous, the stoat hisses, and will intersperse this with sharp barks or shrieks and prolonged screeching when aggressive.
> Submissive stoats express their status by avoiding higher-ranking animals, fleeing from them or making whining or squealing sounds.
> Aggressive behavior in stoats can manifest as nest occupation (when a stoat appropriates the nesting site of a weaker individual) and kleptoparasitism (in which a dominant stoat appropriates the killing of a weaker one, usually after a fight).
In Dr. Do-diddles, defense. If animals in nature do it, I can use the internet to do it. There ain't nothing to it, kiddie shows made me do it.
< And one horrifying fact about sexual behavior (possible triggers related to sexual acts):
< Females are sexually mature at the age of 2–3 weeks whilst still blind, deaf and hairless, and are usually mated with adult males before being weaned
So no wonder he all into about that pz lyfe.