Weasel (Mustela)

Weasel...or mustela!!

Weasels are very small mammals. They can grow to be 18 inches in length, and their tails can be up to 13 inches long. They usually weigh around 3 ounces. Weasels eat small mammals, and live everywhere in the world accept Antartica and Australia.

Weasel mating season starts in mid-summer, but the eggs only start to develop 27 days before the birth of the babies. The babies are born weighing in at about 1.1 grams, and can catch food for themselves when they are around 2 months old.Weasels live in holes that they make into dens in hollow stumps, rock piles, and the ground.

Weasels are genrally found on the ground, but can follow their prey up trees and in water, making it hard for the prey to escape. Weasels are close to their children, and mothers have been known to give up their lives for their children, rather than desert them.