Musteloidea: A Super Family of Adorable Carnivores

Always been a fan of Mustelids. The definition of what it means to be cute and deadly.

I feel the majority of mustelids fall into the vibe of "bear in miniature" or just "angry tube with legs and teeth" and I love them for that

Love this animal family, especially ferrets, otters, and weasels. Got a few ferrets as pets.

To be clear, Wolverines very rarely hunt large mammals because of the risk involved in attacking a prey 5/10 times their weight. They are primarily scavengers, usually eating after wolves, bears or cougars although they are known to effectively drive the predators away by force on the occasion, bravado is a surprisingly effective weapon in nature (just ask anyone who ran away from an attacking goose 🤣). When they hunt the prefer small to medium sized mammals like rabbits, moles, rats, voles, beavers, badgers, young deers and bird eggs. Felt like clarifying this is important because a lot of people kind of assume Wolverines abitually challenge bisons and moose and that isn't true very often, only if an opportunity presents itself as it's usually too dangerous to hunt such monsters for a solitary animal. They are strong and brave little critters but they aren't made of steel, and they know it.

LOVE your vids man. Love people like you that share their knowledge and interests. Keep up the great work ❤

Just wanted to say thank you for making these. As someone very into phylogeny it's amazing to learn more about animals :)

Lovely video, very informative and engaging! The animal at 2:16 is actually a domestic ferret, black footed ferrets look a bit different. A lot of people get them confused

Yes, the RED PANDA! Probably the coolest animal I’ve ever seen in person (and i have literally stood a foot from a Snow Leopard), Red Panda’s make you wish they were domesticated animals you could buy from a local pet store lol.

These are some of my favorite animals, almost all of them are cute and ferocious!

these are so well structured, thanks for the great work! the last picture always gets me. "wait a minute, that's not a mustelid, that's a pronghorn!"

Excellent overview, thanks. Missed my favorite. The Miner's Cat or Ring-tailed Cat which, along with Raccoon and Badger, are not always associated with the Mojave.

Having never really seen a picture of a live one, the Olingos and Kinkajous seem to have a striking convergent resemblance to Australia's possums, namely the Brushtail Possums. They both inhabit an arboreal niche and are a similar size, so there's going to be some similarity, but the face, eyes, paws and distinct fur texture are strikingly similar, yet they could hardly be more distantly related while still being mammals. Very obscure animals and I'm glad that they got a nice mention.

WONDERFUL VIDEO!! Great footage and information. Thank you so much for doing such a thorough summary of these amazing family of animals. These creatures deserve so much more fans as they are mysterious, cute, diverse, silly, and best of all BADASS! It's so great to bring attention to some of the lesser known species like the grisons, ferret-badgers, and tayra. Tiny note: when you mention the black footed ferret in the end of the mustela segment at 2:15 you picture a Polecat/Domesticated ferret.

i found this channel a few days ago, and have since watched every video. they are extremely well made and informative. your voice is also very easy to listen to and feels perfect for this type of content. amazing!

Your channel has wonderful contents, good narration and amazing visuals. I hope your channel grows bigger.

Martins are without a doubt my favorite species of animal In all the world. I absolutely love them. The sable, Fisher, etc. Just amazing creatures. I was assigned a common otter as my "spirit animal" but I definitely also feel very drawn to Martins.

Was hoping you would mention wolverine in some video! We have them here in Sweden but theyre sooooooooooooo rare to see. I have seen one once running across the road. They're litterally HUGE compared to what size they actually are. I think its the fur and big paws. Very cool animals.

Ive been waiting for an animal channel like this my whole life ❤️

Always thought that mongooses where part of the weasel super family since they share similar physical characteristics. Awesome video btw!

Id love to see a video on birds or a family of plants in the future. Keep up the great work!