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[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 76 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I nominate this as the modern replacement of the Pikachu meme. Thank you.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago

Where do I leave my signature for this petition?

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I love it, but stoat bb looks a bit excited/happy. The pikachu one works so well for me because he looks blasé*(mon)*—he looks “shocked” in a sarcastic, “oh wow, how surprising.” type of way that hits just perfect.

[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

You're good at reading critter expressions! You should consider doing it for a living! (In my best grandparent you should become a musician voice) 😂

[–] homes@piefed.world 56 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Aw! Who’s so ferocious? You are! Yes, you are!

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago (6 children)

He looks cute, but when fully grown, he will hunt prey up to 5 times his size, like rabbits and hares. Beware the cute murderer!

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's a good thing I'm at least 6 times his full-grown size then.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Shoot, I have some updated info for you. Turns out they can take down prey 10 times their size.

Run.

Source: https://youtu.be/HNbqvqf3-14

Welp, it's been an honor and a pleasure.

Damn! Dude's a persistence hunter too! Like early humans hunting mammoths!

Also: those other rabbits are stone cold 😆

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 5 points 1 week ago

That cameraperson was sweating

[–] TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The other rabbits seem weirdly indifferent to what's going on.

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Because they understand the stoat is killing to feed. One rabbit will last a stoat for days. That and Steve was really an asshole anyways. So the others have nothing to worry about until the stoat is hungry again.

[–] No1@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, Karen is next up...

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago

Couldn't find a better nibbler gif, this is a travesty

[–] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

We have a little mink that lives at our cottage. It’s this sweet little thing that bounds across the rocks along the water. And within 5 minutes it returns carrying massive fish, frogs, or mice - I don’t know how it hunts so fast, but it is clearly an effective killer

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I read the comment above yours in your profile pic's voice before seeing it. Watching with little man for first time and he just met Nibbler!

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 week ago

Friend of mine has chickens, a stote dug a hole under the wall and went through a decent number of the flock before he was able to figure out and 'neutralize' it

[–] AXH@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Obligatory comment from me every time Inscryption is mentioned, please please please:

Please please go play The Hex if you liked Inscryption. If you’re reading this and liked Inscryption, go play it. It’s Daniel Mullins’ previous game. I played Inscryption when it first came out, then passed over The Hex because the screenshots on Steam had weird graphics. I saw someone on R*ddit say:

“If you liked Inscryption, go start The Hex now, blind. Don’t pay attention the the graphics; they’ll make sense about 20 minutes into the game. Don’t read the description or watch a trailer, spoilers everywhere. It’s cheap, and you’ll at least enjoy it if you liked Inscryption.”

I took the advice, and I LOVED IT SO MUCH. I love how the graphics end up working out, and without saying much, it has such wonderful, innovative concepts. Inscryption has more replay value, but in my opinion, The Hex is even better. It’s criminally underrated and that person on the bad site was right about it.

My partner and did Pony Island as a one-shot, then did The Hex over the next couple evenings. Love it so much, please go play it, it deserves more recognition!

also Pony Island 2 is on its way—I don’t get hyped for games every anymore since every big series I’ve loved has fucked me one way or another, but I AM SO MUCH HYPE FOR PONY ISLAND 2

"Look at me. I am the master of this world now."

[–] tpyo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

That game is pretty fun! My partner and I enjoyed playing through it. I don't recall if we completed the game but it was pretty interesting

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean, those ARE pretty great zoomies, but have you considered piglet zoomies?

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is adorable and totally made my day!

[–] dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] MoffKalast@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

If a ferret is a snake cat, then these really are snake mice :D

[–] dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

The most adorable of danger noodles!

[–] ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

FYI as it can be quite hard to tell

Weasels are weasely recognised, stoats, otoh are stoatally different

[–] Bo7a@piefed.ca 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Content Warning - Stoat doing stoat stuff. Animal death. Turn back now, etc...

They are remarkably cute, and twice as vicious.

spoiler

We have one that lives in our firewood lean-to in the winter and I have seen it spring out from between two pieces of firewood, grab a blue jay, and pull it back through a space that a bird of that size should not fit into in the blink of an eye.

By the time I could cross the 5 or 6 feet to peek between the rows of wood it had already dispatched the bird and hidden somewhere to feast. All that was left as a clue was like 3 spots of blood and a couple of tail feathers.

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blue jay feathers

[–] kshade@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

It's basically a small, hairy snake.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

ferociously cute

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago

They're both weasels, so that's not weird

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 week ago

He's adorable.