Cats, dogs, bears, owls, weasels. Most of them could seriously injure/kill an average human with minor difficulty and yet we find them adorable?

Does not compute.

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    11 hours ago

    Depends a bit on what you want to consider a “weasel”

    The weasel family (mustildae) is pretty diverse, we don’t necessarily call everything in that family a “weasel” but that distinction is somewhat arbitrary.

    It includes all manner of critters from the Least Weasel (yes, that’s seriously what someone decided to call the smallest weasel) that can be as small as about 4½" in length and weigh about an ounce or so

    Up to Giant Otters that can reach about 5’7" in length or Sea Otters that can weigh about 100lbs

    And in between you have some things like badgers and wolverines