This species is the wild ancestor of the domesticated ferret, that you can see in pet shops.
"It s a member of the Mustelidae family, and is related to the stoats, otters, and minks."
The Romanian word for Polecat is Dihor.
While in high school in Romania, we used to have fun about that.
If something stinks, then "it smells like Christian Dihor" - in joking reference to the famous brand name of fine perfumes Christian Dior.
The pictorial postmark shows not a polecat, but a fox.
I love http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page, despite all its imperfections and controversy. You can read and research deeper and deeper, as you like, by clicking on hyperlinks.
WARNING!
If you click on certain hyperlinks below, you'll discover some mind-boggling facts, concepts, expressions and terms, all the way to the Bruce Effect and the Coolidge Effect.
There's a minefield of juicy comments that can be made, but this blog is rated G.
If there is such a thing as the Freedom of Speech, maybe I should create another blog, too.
With no speech restriction, like a stand-up comedian affords to do. :)
"Though polecats are chiefly polygynous, females can be polyandrous.[5] The sexual conflict of the mating system can change with environmental conditions. Sexual conflict may result in sexually antagonistic co-evolution, in which one sex evolves a "manipulative" character which is countered by a "resistance" trait in the other sex."
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He is a cute little guy, even if he *smells*. Christian Dihor ... well done! Happy PFF
he looks rather like the beech martens we have in italy...happy PFF! and i am still chuckling about your comment on my blog! deadpan humour? genius!!
Happy PFF! I will spare my gentle sensibility and not follow the links ;-)
They have reintroduced native polecats in parts of the south of England, and doing quite well I believe. They look quite attractive, and of course plenty of people keep ferrets as pets.
Mind-boggling indeed. And I liked Christian Di-hor.
Staying on a holiday gite in France there was a resident polecat in the grounds, fascinating creature.
The information is fascinating. That keeps me interested.
Happy PFF to you.
My neighbor has a ferret rescue center in her home, and it does smell like Christian Dihor. But, your card is great. do you just collect animal cards?
That's a different series of animals than the Belarus 2008 ones that I posted yesterday.
@postcardy This here is only one of my blogposts with label Belarus. In the link that I gave you, you should have scrolled down to see my point. :)
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