Weasel war dance

A domestic ferret in mid-leap

The weasel war dance is a colloquial term for the behavior of excited ferrets and other members of the weasel subfamily. Naturalists speculate that weasels in the wild use the dance to confuse or disorient prey.[1]

  1. ^ King, Carolyn M.; Powell, Roger A. (12 October 2006) [1989]. The Natural History of Weasels and Stoats. Oxford University Press. p. 120. ISBN 9780198041139 – via Google Books.