More about Marbled Polecats
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 at
8:38 am
How incredible! Just recently I was contacted by an Israeli guy who asked if he could send me pictures of an animal he came across to find out what it was.
Sure enough, it was another Marbled Polecat!
I pointed him to my site about the mustelid and asked if he could give me any more details about how and where he came across it. I just got a YouTube message from him, pointing me to a clip he put up about meeting the animal in a forest in Israel.
There are some extremely clear shots of it and if you read my page about the animal, you’ll know that having its tail curled above its back means its in a defensive pose, yet it didn’t seem at all frightened by a human being so close.
It really is such a cute little thing … and I can’t get over how odd it looks 
I’m sure you’ll enjoy the clip as much as I did.
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JC – you know, I can’t quite figure out what the temperature is in the areas where the marbled polecats are found.
I’ve read that they’re pretty abundant in the Sinai Desert and you’d think it’d be pretty hot during the day there. But they’re also found in the steppes of Russia so I guess that’d be a chilly place to live, especially in winter.
I would think that, with all the fur they seem to have, that they wouldn’t be found in hot places yet they’re in areas in the Middle East. Mind you, it gets pretty cold in places like Jordan (and, I’d imagine Israel too) in winter.
Hi Nona.
He/She was pretty voiceful !!!! What a sweetie,looked so cuddley. I do have a question? They must be able to live in the heat, where Our ferrets like it cooler. Am I wrong????
Oh !! Thanks for sharing & thank the guy that sent you the clip. Loved it.
Hugs to you & your Kids
JC & Gang
how adorable he is!! and how amazing-he is in a defension,but is also too much courious to escape-he must check out what is this for one creature (a guy who is shooting him)..thanks for sharing,Nona,I really enjoyed the clip..
That is the cutest [albeit oddest] little thing ever
I loved the way it kind of sidled/pranced at him toward the end