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What are martens? When I google, I only find the UK boots ;) Surely not martins, the birds... But yes, many ground creatures (including human babies) test th
by blunte 5y ago
What are martens? When I google, I only find the UK boots ;)
Surely not martins, the birds...
But yes, many ground creatures (including human babies) test the edibility of virtually anything by chewing and tasting it :D.
- hn_go_brrrrr 5y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_pine_marten https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_pine_marten
- blunte 5y agoAh ha; it's sort of like a fat ferret. Cute, but devious.
- hodgesrm 5y agoPine Martens are beautiful. I've seen them several times in the US. Squirrels are terrified of them--they are apparently very efficient hunters.
- BoxOfRain 5y agoApparently they're good for red squirrel conservation, they'll hunt the invasive grey squirrels but not the long-suffering native red squirrels.
- hodgesrm 5y agoWow, I didn't know that. The first time I saw one was up in the Enchantment Lakes in Washington State. We came around a corner in the trail and heard the squirrels making a furious racket high up in the Douglas Firs above us. I remember thinking "hey, we can't be that scary, what gives?" We turned a corner around one of the Dougs and there was a big Pine Marten scrambling up the bole of the tree, chasing squirrel for lunch. Mystery solved!
- scns 5y agoNever heard the name marten before, weasel is ised more often i guess. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_marten?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_marten?wprov=sfla1
- jimnotgym 5y agoYes but a European Marten of which he speaks is much bigger that a European weasel. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_pine_marten https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_pine_marten
- pvaldes 5y agoThis is the real culprit, in fact. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beech_marten https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beech_marten Haunting people making noise at night in old houses is also a common hobby (but somebody must to run after the yummy mice).
- jhoechtl 5y agoSeems like they are primarily a thing of Europe. They have a special love-relationship with cars, especially the warm engine after stopping the car during the cool and wet season. After a rain and when my car is dirty outside, I can see their footprints all over the chassis. With modern cars and their enclosing of the engine (because of sound pollution) they have a much harder time to find their way into the engine bay where they would readily gnaw at any wiring and hoses they find. There are super-sonic devices to be installed in the engine bay to shoo them.
- bmn__ 5y agoIn the spirit of HN's creed to encourage curiosity, I want take this opportunity to make my fellow hackers' lives easier and teach you skills for looking up information. Giving up after a Google search indicates you likely have a deficit. You can use a dictionary or encyclopedia for word definitions. I like the Oxford for its quality, and Wikipedia for its breadth. • https://lexico.com/definition/marten https://lexico.com/definition/marten • https://enwp.org/marten https://enwp.org/marten User-friendly browsers like Opera 12 and Firefox have features to turn a form or search result into a reusable template that can be triggered with a shortcut from the address bar. I habitually make use of this for looking up definitions. If you care to take the acquisition of skills to the 95th percentile and beyond, measured against the general population, then the material at Fravia's Searchlores (deliberately not linked) will do that.
- Someone 5y agoIn this case, you can also guess it’s an animal and search for “martens animal” Guessing that “martens” is the plural of “marten” also works fine. I think many would find that easier.