Hi

In September this year, while wife and I were visiting at a VAG dealership, we were taken by surprise by this cheeky little rodent running across the car sales area. This particular brand new car, which one can see is a Seat , was in the show car area , probably parked for the week as a sales pitch. The rodent seemed to run from actual office area, and cheekily jump up into this wheel arch as though it was home. Then he posed for the photo, but what he is we have no idea, body about 6inches long , then a huge tail. Ran more like a stoat than anything else. Clue's he had very sharp teeth, and we live in mainland europe.

The teeth may have played a roll in our deciding on a Skoda rather than a Seat !!!

http://www.jones.hr/seat_animal.jpg

Happy Xmas to all.

Looks like a weasil. Bizarre...

:rofl: rodent infested seats whatever next.

Is it in the optional extras list???

Roland Rat buys a new Seat

Yeaaahhhhh!!!

Weasel by the looks.

We had one in front garden some 15 yrs ago - being watched by several people. I'd walked round, toddler son in hand, and saw a load of people gawking over our wall. Bit cheeky I thought and then saaw what they were looking at. A week or two later there was one dead some 200 yards away on the road.

This summer my wife saw one in the back garden. Unfortunately I was out on daughter taxiing duties.

A rare sight in any case ( not to the rarety)

Is that not a Stoat????

Q. What's the difference between a stoat and weasel?

A. A Weasel is weasily wecognised and a stoat is stoataly different!

Sorry I know it was bad

ghaaa!

I think it's a weasel, isn't there a way to tell from what colour tummy it has??

EDIT: Ah ha!!

Stoat Or Weasel?

Is that not a Stoat????

Q. What's the difference between a stoat and weasel?

A. A Weasel is weasily wecognised and a stoat is stoataly different!

Sorry I know it was bad

But you still had to go fer ret :P

Weasels vary in length from fifteen to thirty-five centimeters (six to fourteen inches), and usually have a light brown upper coat, white belly and black fur at the tip of the tail; in many species, populations living at high latitudes moult to a white coat with black fur at the tip of the tail in winter. They have long slender bodies, which enable them to follow their prey into burrows. Their tails are typically almost as long as the rest of their bodies.

The stoat is a member of the family Mustelidae, which also includes other weasels, mink, otters, ferret, badgers, polecats, the wolverine, martens, the tayra, the fisher and in some taxonomical classifications skunks. This is one of the most species-rich families in order Carnivora.

Although it inhabits northern latitudes the stoat is built long and thin, leading to an increased surface area-to-volume ratio and increased dissipation of heat from its body. The advantage of this shape is that it is one of the few species able to follow burrowing animals into their own homes. It partly compensates for this shape by having short legs, small ears, a fast metabolism and, in winter, thick fur. Stoats may grow up to 30 cm long, with males much larger than the females. In most areas it coexists with the Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis, also known as the European common weasel), and in this situation competition is reduced by the Least weasel, the smallest member of order Carnivora. Where the Least weasel is absent the stoat is smaller (~70 g).

Since the animal in question seems to have very small ears, I think it's a Stoat