stoats and ermine are actually the same animal! and to top that off, in some places they’re also called “short-tailed weasels”. but it’s all the same critter:
(let’s call him “Maurice”. hello, Maurice!)
of course, this means that every ermine coat you’ve ever seen in a fashion magazine or on the rack of a thrift store being fondled by Macklemore has actually been made… out of stoat… this entire time.
that’s right,
it’s a stoat coat.
An eminent, erudite ermine
Said “There’s one thing I cannot determine,
Why when a dame wears my coat,
She’s a person of note,
But when I wear it, I’m called only vermin.”
But-But ISN’T STOAT A DRINK?????
You’re probably thinking of stout…
A stoat stout.
A stout stoat. For comparison. ❤
my thanks for the wordplay dude but that last pic is fully an otter