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Published: 2012-09-27 17:45:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 3160; Favourites: 157; Downloads: 21
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Haven't really been in an art-mood lately. Will write a journal about the reasons someday soon. But after I put photos of Siberian weasels on my new blog [link] for reference, I felt like doodling a little Sibirica. So here it is, Sibi being her crazy self, with a bonus flame.Sibi and art are Β© to me, Avanii
Pattern comes from [link]
Please do not repost or use. I have this picture uploaded on my Tumblr (Avanii).
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Basically yeah, but only when it's hot and there's direct sunlight, else she can't produce fire herself but needs to borrow it from an existing source.
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Fire weasels: Everybody is doomed. Sibi is the adorable harbinger of our flamey destruction! XD
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Hehehe you got it! The German name of their species literally translates to 'fire weasel' too, I love that!
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Oh wow XD! I did not know this 8D
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Haha yes "Feuerwiesel" is their name, and I can see where it came from. Provided further inspiration for this particular hothead!
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Simply Brilliant! 8D!
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You rock at mustelids- this looks so fluid and animated, the way weasels appear and move. Plus, your colouring is so deligtful and clean to look at.
I'm working on a kolonok for my grandma, and its coat taking forever to do right because it's not as plain orange as it seems. Other than that it's complete.
Lovely new reference blog! It pleases me to see you got all the facts right in your desciptions (you even write fact descriptions!). Especially on the differences between the moult stages, and between the long-tail and the stoat when they are in ermine.
Have two of my favourite autumn moult captures (Mustela erminea):
[link] , [link]
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Thank you very much! Aaaaahh really? I can't wait to see it, those are my favourite mustelids!
I'm glad! Yeah, it irks me how many people cannot tell the difference (I get that long-tailed and short-tailed ones are difficult to separate, but to call a winter stoat a ferret or even a marten?!). There are plenty of resources to look it up... Hehe, yeah I don't write many fact descriptions but I couldn't resist with the winter weasels, and it's a nice exercise for me as well 
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I though I'd pick the prettiest and classiest weasel for my grandma. It's all in the eye of the beholder, but I think the kolonok is a harmonic mix between natural, posh and colourful. Not too funky, not too plain, not too small, and not too large.
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Thanks for doing it- Google and most online sources is a mess, so it helps with a little explanation.
Lack of basic knowledge feeds us amateur naturalists with engagement, and it's fun to promote the lesser known when you're really into something. For our own sake, seeking advanced information is always a drive, like you say. There is a superb weasel book out there, but I'm always afraid to bother more people into buying it or checking it out, because I tend to forget if I've already bragged about it a thousand times before. But it's the best source on weasels you could ever get. The book isn't even that expensive, despite the high quality content.
If you want, I can note you about various least weasel subspecies (there are three very prominent ones). The least/common weasel is very wide-spread, and is the carnivore that varies the most in size, despite being considered the smallest.
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That first photo is my favourite of the two as well. The stoat in the second is a very fine specimen, but I should have posted the following instead: [link]
The typical chest structure (as in, no real chest at all) is very prominent in this shot. Thanks for putting it up!
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A weasel book you say? Those are pretty darn hard to find around here, could you give me the title?
Oh, that one's nice too! Yeah indeed, I tried posting photos that show their quite unusual anatomy well, as well as action-things. But this one's very clear indeed, when Tumblr comes back up I'll post it there as well
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Search no longer: [link] . Other mustelids are harder to find when it comes to information of this calibre, though.
This book is surprisingly cheap too, despite the content. You won't find better or rarer facts anywhere else.
Some friends gave it to me- so now I'm trying to spread the word to fellow interested people. I was afraid I'd told you about it too many times before, but glad I hadn't.
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As for leasties, there are three decent subspecies;
*Scandinavian, Mustela nivalis nivalis
[link]
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Straight transition between brown and white, not blotched.
Turns white in winter. White paws.
My own ββBucktoothββ is a Scandinavian least weasel.
Among the smallest: The size of a house mouse (but have a longer body), and its skull isn't longer than the last joint of your thumb.
*British / Common weasel, Mustela nivalis vulgaris
[link]
Blotchy transition, a spot on each cheek.
Stays brown all year round. Top of paws are brown.
Medium size.
*Mediterranean least weasel, Mustela nivalis boccamela
[link]
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Is as large as a stoat. It appears pale with a more yellowish tone to its underside, rather than white.
Largest: The Mediterranean subspecies grows to 29 cm- almost the size of some of the largest male stoats!
*There are many more, of course, but they are more or less in between these three in appearance, size and coat pattern.
*Other weasels don't vary this much. The long-tail however changes in colour geographically, and get darker depending on how moist the climate is:
[link]
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But you have already put much effort into your photo account. Very organized and educational!
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Ah yes, that was the one! Sadly it seems it's out of print? Amazon here tells me the cheapest used book is over $100 O.o In some Dutch webshops it goes for β¬50, still pretty expensive, but maybe I can snatch it somewhere second-hand for less, it's not the first time I've been searching for a hard-to-get book, haha!
I knew about the first two (hard to imagine a predator as small as the Scandinavian one, whoa) but the Mediterranean one is new to me. What a cutie. Another one to be put on the list of 'critters that need to appear on my blog'!
Least weasels also live in America, correct? Do you happen to know if they too have a different look or do they resemble the common one most?
Thank you
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I hope you'll manage to get yourself a copy somehow.
Yes, least weasels are very wide-spread, and are native to America. North America has perhaps the smallest subspecies of them all, which was believed to be an own species at first. It's Mustela nivalis rixosa. There are other subspecies in America, but this is the best known one.
Thanks again!
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Smaller even than the Scandinavian one? Whoa, that is one tiny critter. Thanks for telling me
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It varies a lot. But both are considered to be of the small-size group, to be precise.
Very confusing, but nice to know if one plans to do accurate characters.
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she is just adorable like this. really shows her personality
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Thank you 
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I absolutly adore your art! Curious but are you still taking commissions...? I have a story that needs profile sketches for some very special charrys, which includes wolves , a silver fox, a raccoon, a weasle and a skunk, lol 
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Thank you very much. Please send me a note with more details
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