Weasels are an objectively funny animal because they are one of the most proficient hunters in the animal kingdom, able to take down prey over three times their own size by biting down on their neck vertebrae and tearing at it until they sever the spinal chord. They have among the strongest prey drives of any animal, some members of the weasel family even boast resistance to snake venom. But then they look like this.
This isn’t even getting into their dorky little run.
One of my fave things ever was watching a nature documentary awhile back and discovering that even wolverines do the dorky weasel bounce run
My understanding - and please correct me if I'm wrong - is the goofy bouncy dance makes their prey basically go "the fuck is that? Eh, no problem." Riiight up until the weasel is too close for them to run away and goes for the kill.
It’s actually just the only way they can move quickly since they have short legs and a huge slinky of a body.
They’re more or less just very flexible weenie dogs. Or fuzzy inchworms with bones.
They’re built to be the ultimate killing machine but unfortunately they look very adorable to humans no matter how many murders they may commit they look cute doing it.
They have zoomies.
