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I was driving down a wet country lane the other day,approaching the beautiful little village of Wentnor in the South Shropshire hills near Bishop's Castle.
As I came around a bend I was brought up by a possee of what appeared to be young rodents...about a dozen or so...gamboling about in the rain.
Surprised at their nonchalance with a big noisy diesel motor bearing down on them, I got out and wandered over. Most of them drifted away into the grass but a couple carried on playing in a field gateway.
These were so tame I could bend over and stroke one on the back. The little critter did turn his head and display a fine set of tiny razor like teeth but didn't bite.

Turns out I had stumbled upon a 'Boogle of weasels'...fantastic collective name! as is 'a confusion of weasels'.

You think of these creatures being secretive and loners. Not so it would appear ?


A Boogle of Weasels.......
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u192/eryrglas/Weasels.gif?t=1212000170
Weasels.gif (GIF Image, 400x339 pixels)

In reply to Jonno:

Brilliant!! Im so jealous!!! my Favourtie Animal!!!

In reply to Jonno: Wow! I'm very jealous too, what an incredible thing to have seen.

I've seen wild weasels a few times and watched them exploring - sometimes they've come to within a few feet of me with no apparent concern - but they've always been single animals and I can't imagine being able to go up and stroke one!

Boogle is a brilliant collective name, and one I hadn't heard. I like 'a charm of goldfinches' and 'a bouquet of pheasant' (which I think is the name for when they've been flushed).

In reply to Alyson:



An 'Unkindness of ravens' is a good one too !

In reply to Jonno:

Lovely....what a find!

Saw a pair of hares boxing in a field a few weeks ago - no camera though.

A "sneak of weasels" is another term I've heard.

More here

http://www.hintsandthings.co.uk/kennel/collectives.htm

Slugain

In reply to Slugain Howff:

A Parliament of Owls. That would be more appropriate for weasels would it not?

In reply to DougG:

An Inn of weasels might be more appropriate...

In reply to captain paranoia:

Always liked "murder of crows"!

In reply to Jonno:

Regular reader of the Torygraph?

http://my.telegraph.co.uk/boanerges/may_2008/a_boogle_of_weasels.htm

In reply to pog100:

I think you'll find Jonno is a regular writer for the Torygraph, and that Boanerges is his alter-ego...

In reply to Jonno: A 'flange of baboons' is a personal favourite.

In reply to Gibson:


But created by the writers of 'Not the Nine O'Clock News'...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baboon

(yes, I know it's only Wiki, so not definitive)

http://www.qi.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=188&start=0&sid=c5940fb8b88a...

QI is obviously a far more authoritative source...

In reply to Jonno:
That is weasily the best photo I've seen in ages.
Gets coat and leaves swiftly.