No.437
ferrets are also long small dogs
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No.446
Weasels and Otters are in the same family, but genetically divergent by 20.8 million years. OneZoom has a good visualization of this.
https://www.onezoom.org/life.html/@Melogale=381132#x1572,y474,w0.8782
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No.447
Unfortunately OneZoom isn't very up to date. They still show skunks as part of the weasel family. Opentree and Wikipedia are more accurate.
https://tree.opentreeoflife.org/opentree/opentree10.4@mrcaott4709ott39395/Lutrinae--Mustela-quoll
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustelidae#Phylogeny
Weasels and otters diverged at around 11.6 Ma.
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No.448
>>447
So do we know who's the common ancestor of otters?
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No.451
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No.456
>>451
Otters stink too though. Well actually, ferrets don't smell like shit, they smell musky. I like their smell.
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No.458
>>456
>Otters stink too though
wrong
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No.459
>>458
Most members of the weasel family have well developed scent glands which produces a musky smell. The only exception is the sea otter. I guess it depends on the person whether they like the smell or not. In the Netherlands both otters and polecats are proverbially known as smelly animals.
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No.541
>>456
Ferrets won't stink if you feed 'em right, or so they say.
I never had a ferret but if I get a pet, it's gonna be a ferret.
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No.542
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No.555
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No.558
>>555
What's the best game to play with ferrets?
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No.559
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
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No.602
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No.630
My favourite non-otter mustelids would have to be badgers. Everything about them is just perfect.
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