Talk:RWBY Dreams/@comment-35434444-20191021214806/@comment-24018437-20191021225700

That would actually be pretty cool. Mustelids are my second favorite group of animals (hyenas are all my time-favorite) and have some fascinating folklore attached to them. It was, for example, believed weasels would ruin weddings if they weren’t treated with politeness. And stoats were often associated with Jesus Christ and purity. The reason for this was because the brown fur of a stoat turns white during the winter, which was compared to Jesus’ rising from the dead.

They’re even more impressive in real life though. Weasels, stoats and many of their relatives are very small critters. Weasels are barely the size of a rat. And yet they take down animals far larger then them. There’s a video on YouTube of a stoat hunting down a rabbit, narrated by David Attenborough. I highly recommend it.

Polecats though...The European polecat is mostly known as the ancestor of the ferret. They are what wolves are to dogs to them. And while they look cute, their dietary habits are something straight out of a horror movie. They will paralyze amphibians such as frogs with a bite through the brain, carefull not to kill them. Then, the unfortunate critters are stored in a den, usually till food gets scarce and the polecat decides to eat them. Untill then, the frogs cannot move but are still fully aware of their surroundings.

And do I even need to explain all the crazy shit honey badgers, American badgers and wolverines (especially wolverines. Real wolverines are way more badass then the X-Man who is named after them) pull off?