Rabbit vs Stoat

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  • čas přidán 9. 08. 2015
  • We saw a rare thing in the back garden tonight, a stoat chasing a rabbit, we only captured some of the sequence, which went on for at least twice as long. A real predator-prey battle playing out; we like to think the rabbit got away, but hey a stoat's got to eat too...
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  • @BlakEnergy
    @BlakEnergy Před 3 lety +80

    From what I've seen. The rabbit is chased to exhaustion, killed, then eaten. The stoat will not stop.

    • @TonyStark-nw1ll
      @TonyStark-nw1ll Před 3 lety +1

      Why

    • @robinhood8889
      @robinhood8889 Před 3 lety +8

      The Stoat can catch the Rabbit if it wants but it's dangerous as the Rabbit will be full of energy/fight, so the Stoats run the rabbit down to exhaustion for the easier/safer kill.

    • @EnderSpy358
      @EnderSpy358 Před 3 lety +1

      @@robinhood8889 they're smart killers

    • @smy1permakecoolvidsfr
      @smy1permakecoolvidsfr Před rokem

      @@robinhood8889 no the store just wants to make it easier because if you want to he could easily just kill the rabbit they can hunt creatures that are 10 times their size that rabbit is only about three times that would be an easy kill

    • @eddierobinson8651
      @eddierobinson8651 Před rokem +2

      Stoats be at Planet Fitness on the cardio machines

  • @majorbriggs8876
    @majorbriggs8876 Před 5 lety +48

    This Stoat never gets tired, wish I had such a stamina

    • @TonyStark-nw1ll
      @TonyStark-nw1ll Před 3 lety

      Why

    • @robinhood8889
      @robinhood8889 Před 3 lety +19

      @@TonyStark-nw1ll Stoats just have better stamina than rabbits. a lot of animals use their stamina to run down prey. It's called Persistence hunting, humans are of it not the best persistence hunting in the animal kingdom due to the fact we can shed heat-through sweating and drink water as we run.

    • @patronsaintofpoison
      @patronsaintofpoison Před 2 lety

      Well, if you had to catch the rabbit in order to survive, you'd do whatever's necessary.
      The truth is, most humans don't have much experience in the way of life-or-death struggles. We have it pretty easy, compared to the other animals.

    • @patronsaintofpoison
      @patronsaintofpoison Před 2 lety

      @@robinhood8889 have you watched the program about the hunters in Africa running after the oryx? I'm asking because what you said about sweating and drinking water reminded me of it

    • @xalvarez07
      @xalvarez07 Před 2 lety

      So does my ex wife

  • @insanemunchkin
    @insanemunchkin Před 3 lety +43

    “The fate of the rabbit is unknown.”
    Oh, I think we know what happened to the rabbit...

    • @josephastier7421
      @josephastier7421 Před 3 lety +3

      Got invited to lunch

    • @michaeltuffin5002
      @michaeltuffin5002 Před 2 lety +4

      Once the rabbit tires. It's over.. That's the stoat tactic

    • @eddiethomas8696
      @eddiethomas8696 Před 2 lety

      Plottwist: he won and banished Steve stoat into another realm who then got beat the shit out of by rabbits because it was a world completely the opposite

    • @shekharswarnakar5592
      @shekharswarnakar5592 Před 2 lety

      @@eddiethomas8696 Wish this must've happened.

    • @briannebarton1511
      @briannebarton1511 Před 2 lety

      I want to kill all STOATS

  • @terrance3218
    @terrance3218 Před 7 lety +41

    Alright, Bugs. Clearly running in circles wasn't going to shake it off. LOL

  • @gnutz9764
    @gnutz9764 Před 6 lety +20

    It's been confirmed...they've been spotted in Hawaii still running as we speak. Rabbit is 3 lbs lighter after all the non stop cardio.

  • @gamerprotv1625
    @gamerprotv1625 Před 6 lety +53

    Legend says that the stoat is still chasing the rabbit

    • @eddiethomas8696
      @eddiethomas8696 Před 2 lety +1

      He's probably still chasing him right now

    • @12347873
      @12347873 Před 2 lety +1

      Chasing is a good form of exercise!

  • @1943L
    @1943L Před 3 lety +12

    Yes, stoats and weasels are native to the UK. Tremendously powerful bite, if small.

  • @rabarberellum1017
    @rabarberellum1017 Před 3 lety +33

    Amazingly the stout always positions himself on the inside making the rabbit run twice as much

  • @EdMcStinko
    @EdMcStinko Před 8 lety +86

    I reckon the stoat is trying to wear down the rabbit's stamina before killing it.

    • @michaelpickering3223
      @michaelpickering3223 Před 4 lety +10

      Yeah stoats have impressive stamina. More than a rabbit does.

    • @DonkeykongSw2
      @DonkeykongSw2 Před 4 lety +11

      @@michaelpickering3223 Because those guys eat meats, which give them more amount of calories than vegetables that rabbits eat.

    • @ozanozenir2503
      @ozanozenir2503 Před 4 lety +1

      A-PAB is a group of terrorists. Well explain why a lion has less stamina than all of its preys then?

    • @DoubleDogDare54
      @DoubleDogDare54 Před 3 lety +2

      @@ozanozenir2503 I'd ask the Zebra, Wildebeest and Cape Buffalo that question, pal.

    • @ozanozenir2503
      @ozanozenir2503 Před 3 lety

      DoubleDogDare54 none of them gets caught to a lion in a long run my point still stands kid.

  • @silentrefusal9911
    @silentrefusal9911 Před 4 lety +7

    Legend has it that stoat is still running after this rabbit.

  • @josephastier7421
    @josephastier7421 Před 5 lety +17

    Rabbit would have dusted that stoat in a straight-line chase.

    • @gutemorcheln6134
      @gutemorcheln6134 Před 3 lety +2

      yeah, but on the long run being faster than the stoat wouldn't help in any way since the stoat is all about stamina

  • @keepingitwild5994
    @keepingitwild5994 Před 3 lety +11

    After such a long run, the fate of the rabbit is almost well known - killed with a bite to the neck.

  • @lensman5762
    @lensman5762 Před 7 lety +47

    Once the rabbit gets tired the Stoat will latch on her neck and will eventually sever the neck bone. It is not for the faint hearted as the rabbit will squeal and scream till the last moment. Nature is cruel but it is nature. You did well to capture the chase.

    • @bettamidnightofdoom
      @bettamidnightofdoom Před 6 lety +1

      Throngdorr Mighty Would you have said the same if he said his? I know about 90% wouldn't best guess.
      Edit: him->his

    • @bettamidnightofdoom
      @bettamidnightofdoom Před 6 lety +1

      You have a point there didnt think about that one.

    • @x.Godzilla_x
      @x.Godzilla_x Před 6 lety +1

      lensman57 don't assume its gender

    • @TonyStark-nw1ll
      @TonyStark-nw1ll Před 3 lety

      But rabbit are fast

    • @notmeee48
      @notmeee48 Před 2 lety

      Nature is not cruel lol

  • @willieshedrick1824
    @willieshedrick1824 Před 3 lety +4

    Looks like Wile E Coyote chasing the road runner.

  • @TotalMishap
    @TotalMishap Před 7 lety +30

    The rabbit was at half speed, it could easily out run the stoat. Just run full speed and get the hell outa there.

    • @joeyconvery2055
      @joeyconvery2055 Před 7 lety +19

      TotalMishap Stoats are relentless predators..They will follow the rabbit for as long as it takes until the rabbit tires and goes into shock. The stoat will then kill it...cruel way to die.

    • @rhey81
      @rhey81 Před 6 lety +9

      But the Stoat Never gets tired?? I find that hard to believe.. Everything can get tired..

    • @dartnihilus4241
      @dartnihilus4241 Před 6 lety +4

      armst012 yes, but the stoat can run like all day

    • @chrisdaigle5410
      @chrisdaigle5410 Před 6 lety +6

      That rabbit was a lot faster than the stoat. He should have just sprinted in a straight line until out of sight.

    • @mathieuvanleeuwen7127
      @mathieuvanleeuwen7127 Před 6 lety +8

      Predators don't waste energy in the wild. The longer the chase, the more calories are burned. The more likely that the predator focusses more and more on succes. (or the next chese will be even harder...) The stoat wins. I simply must.

  • @ScubaX29
    @ScubaX29 Před 3 lety +3

    It feels like the stoat isn’t even running at full speed. Definitely trying to wear it down

  • @janejan9728
    @janejan9728 Před 3 lety +18

    their tactic is to chase the prey to exhaustion. The stoat has much more longevity than the rabbit, and he knows it. Once the rabbit collapses he will bit through it's neck to kill and eat it. Despite their size, they are voracious predators and they consume prey much larger than they are. They're also very clever.

  • @Papa_Flick240
    @Papa_Flick240 Před 8 lety +8

    I'm just like you don't even have to juke you can literally outrun it

  • @norwegianblue2017
    @norwegianblue2017 Před 5 lety +3

    The rabbit is doing exactly the wrong technique to get away. Zig zagging is a good technique to shake a larger predator that can't turn on a dime and gets tired out. A straight line sprint to the horizon is the best shot the rabbit has against a stoat.

    • @h0m3st4r
      @h0m3st4r Před 5 lety +2

      Yeah. Too bad rabbits are too stupid to realize that.

  • @Dean4511
    @Dean4511 Před 5 lety +4

    That`s how stoat`s hunt. They have incredible stamina. The rabbit will tire long before he does, and be too exhausted to put up much of a struggle.

  • @benjirmcmahon
    @benjirmcmahon Před 3 lety +1

    This is why we never got a sequel to Hop.

  • @kisunamayan
    @kisunamayan Před 4 lety +1

    this is lovely....they are playing

  • @nzferreter
    @nzferreter Před 2 lety +2

    That’s a young hare, not a rabbit.

  • @rsandoval9203
    @rsandoval9203 Před 3 lety +1

    Stoat Rodgers: I can do this all day...

  • @theS_and_theA
    @theS_and_theA Před rokem

    They're dancing the dance of Life and Death.

  • @robin2934
    @robin2934 Před 2 lety

    Holy shit that stoat is eating dust! 🤯
    Sonic evolved and has taken a new form. 🤞🏻

  • @indahf.freztiyana824
    @indahf.freztiyana824 Před rokem

    Rabbit definitely is more powerful, more agile and faster than the stoat, but they're so stupid that they never think to stop and try take the fight to the stoat before being hunted, and the stoat wouldn't waste time to think about any strategy to bring down the rabbit, because wearing it down to exhaustion is already enough...
    But if the rabbit is pitted on with the stoat without any visible way out, you can be assured, the stoat is done for...

  • @HarryJSteele
    @HarryJSteele Před 3 lety +1

    Why does the rabbit stay in the open clearing?

  • @TinkerTailorSoldier1
    @TinkerTailorSoldier1 Před 6 lety +1

    I wish I had that kind of stamina...

  • @peterlubbers5947
    @peterlubbers5947 Před rokem

    Very special watching this in your garden? Alas the rabbit's fate was sealed when the ermine came along to 'play'👌🙏

  • @christianpetersen163
    @christianpetersen163 Před 2 lety +1

    Everybody talking about how great the stoat is. Yet, every year, when evolution has weeded out the lesser designs... the rabbit is still representing. Rabbits f***.

  • @karensusee5010
    @karensusee5010 Před 2 lety

    Rabbit: look at ma moves look at my moves you can't touch this I'm lightning baby

  • @user-uu6bj3to3d
    @user-uu6bj3to3d Před 5 lety

    Rabbit and stoat say each other in backyards
    " acting stop for human
    lets go dinner! foolish human!
    Just we acting"

  • @jetlegacy5731
    @jetlegacy5731 Před 3 lety

    Rabbit(to the people who were watching the chase):
    Naze miterun desu!? (Translation from Japanese to English: Why are you watching me!?)
    Glad I had a chance to bring back an old Kamen Rider Blade meme here.

  • @crushdemstarz1116
    @crushdemstarz1116 Před 3 lety +1

    theres something menacing about something smaller than you chasing you

  • @jetlegacy5731
    @jetlegacy5731 Před 3 lety

    Well, this is literally Fast And Furious in the wild.

  • @dontbearichard72
    @dontbearichard72 Před 3 lety +2

    I think Energizer has the wrong spokes animal......🤷🏽‍♂️

  • @chelsblue7370
    @chelsblue7370 Před 2 lety +1

    Ну, заяц - погоди? :D

  • @matthewcooper7296
    @matthewcooper7296 Před 3 lety

    Such amazing animals

  • @mrpoelki
    @mrpoelki Před 3 lety

    Has the stoat caught up yet?

  • @DCBChump
    @DCBChump Před 3 lety

    This is how the zombies get you.

  • @eidorian7059
    @eidorian7059 Před 3 lety +1

    That rabbit isn't even using 2% of its real speed

    • @smy1permakecoolvidsfr
      @smy1permakecoolvidsfr Před rokem

      In reality it's probably using around 90% of its speed because if that's only 2% and 100% would be faster than a cheetah be realistic

    • @eidorian7059
      @eidorian7059 Před rokem

      @@smy1permakecoolvidsfr 😊learn what a. Joke is and then i will

    • @smy1permakecoolvidsfr
      @smy1permakecoolvidsfr Před rokem +1

      @@eidorian7059 okay I know what a joke is I just didn't think you were being sarcastic because most people on these videos are not sarcastic

  • @kylobenshorts
    @kylobenshorts Před 3 lety

    The way it fucking runs hahahahah

  • @DoubleDogDare54
    @DoubleDogDare54 Před 3 lety

    RUN, FORREST!!! RUN!!!! :-D

  • @pauloakwood9208
    @pauloakwood9208 Před 10 měsíci

    small legs, but big heart.

  • @hitoshishinsou6308
    @hitoshishinsou6308 Před rokem

    Just give up already it’s clearly not gonna stop 😂😂

  • @carbonio28
    @carbonio28 Před 5 lety +4

    Now that's what I call fast food lol!!

  • @len1045678
    @len1045678 Před 6 lety +5

    Damn lil thing persistent

  • @SL-vi4tk
    @SL-vi4tk Před 2 lety

    If the rabbit is running he isn't destroying your lawn and garden...

  • @tomjones3283
    @tomjones3283 Před 2 lety

    the woman is laughing when the rabbit runs for its life ?!

  • @mdaley4390
    @mdaley4390 Před 6 lety

    Relentless

  • @minecraftpro110
    @minecraftpro110 Před 4 lety

    Dramatic ending

  • @gnutz9764
    @gnutz9764 Před 5 lety

    Breaking News: the stoat has been picked up on satellite, still chasing the bunny.

  • @szaki
    @szaki Před 3 lety

    I think, stoat ran out of energy and the rabbit killed it!
    How about that?

  • @abinicoarts4576
    @abinicoarts4576 Před 5 lety

    The fate of the rabbit - invited to dinner; as the main course.

  • @4homemail
    @4homemail Před 2 lety

    The faith of the rabbit is always known.

  • @arserobinson7118
    @arserobinson7118 Před 4 měsíci

    You should never "break it up" as Stoats need to eat and their diet is meat.

  • @jj8898huu
    @jj8898huu Před 3 lety

    Think we should break it up? What do you get the inclination to get between another man and his breakfast by getting between the waiter and his english muffin?

  • @lichro
    @lichro Před 3 lety

    The rabbit may be trapped in the yard. Having to go through a hench would slow it down.

  • @AngusWalkerFilms
    @AngusWalkerFilms Před 3 lety

    Hi Quintin,
    I work with BBC Springwatch in the digital team. Would it be possible to share this post on our social media platforms? If so, do you own the copyright for the footage?
    Many thanks,
    Angus

    • @QuintinJDavies
      @QuintinJDavies  Před 3 lety +1

      Hi Angus - great, sure go for it. I can send a better quality version for you if you like my email is qjdavies@hotmail.com

    • @QuintinJDavies
      @QuintinJDavies  Před 3 lety

      Oh and yes I own the copyright..

    • @AngusWalkerFilms
      @AngusWalkerFilms Před 3 lety

      @@QuintinJDavies Brilliant, thanks Quintin. If you could wetransfer the high quality version to angus.walker@bbc.co.uk that would be fab!

  • @ivanboskovic1260
    @ivanboskovic1260 Před 6 lety +1

    Running in circles, probably not a hole in the fence. But how did the rabbit enter?

    • @DoubleDogDare54
      @DoubleDogDare54 Před 3 lety +1

      Rabbits instinctively run in circles. That is how hunters get them with Beagles and other small hounds. The hounds bolt them, the hunter positions himself and waits for the rabbit to circle. If the rabbit doesn't make it to its nest first, it will circle around and the hunter shoots it. Hares run in straighter lines, but rabbits circle.

    • @ivanboskovic1260
      @ivanboskovic1260 Před 3 lety

      @@DoubleDogDare54 So there was an opening in the fence?

    • @DoubleDogDare54
      @DoubleDogDare54 Před 3 lety

      @@ivanboskovic1260 Wouldn't have made any difference if there had been. Rabbits still run in circles as a survival tactic. And if there had been a hole in the fence the rabbit could get through, the varmint would have followed the bunny through it and the chase would have continued. Bunny probably slipped under the fence to get it. Or come in through an open area if the yard isn't 100% fenced and rabbit-tight.

    • @ivanboskovic1260
      @ivanboskovic1260 Před 3 lety

      @@DoubleDogDare54 If that ugly laughing woman arranged that in a closed space I'd not advise her to meet me ever.

    • @XShadOBabeX
      @XShadOBabeX Před 3 lety

      Why would you assume that about someone?

  • @alifxzzclan1955
    @alifxzzclan1955 Před 6 lety

    rabbit can run as fast then he can and hide from stoat

  • @tnami09
    @tnami09 Před 2 lety

    Like a scene from a cartoon

  • @curt349
    @curt349 Před 3 lety

    I got dizzy 😵 watching this

  • @hyprmetlfan123
    @hyprmetlfan123 Před 3 lety

    in 2020, stoat still chasing the rabbit

  • @mayonnaiseeee
    @mayonnaiseeee Před 3 lety

    It's crazy that weasels will kill and eat things much larger than themselves. Must be horrifying for the rabbit.

  • @Mwezi45
    @Mwezi45 Před rokem

    Думаю, если кролик бежал просто прямо у него было бы больше шансов..

  • @yearlinnereyes3512
    @yearlinnereyes3512 Před rokem

    I was watching that battle i was like COME ON STOQT DO IT KILL THAT RABBIT EAT HIM CMON YOU ARE SPEEED

  • @amos686
    @amos686 Před 3 lety

    That rabbit was doomed I'm afraid.

  • @SMFJose
    @SMFJose Před 3 lety

    LOL

  • @petersenekal8735
    @petersenekal8735 Před 3 lety

    oh it's known......

  • @forefatherofmankind3305

    Vegans : green energy is the best with big stamina
    Non-vegans :

  • @TheSonicAnimator
    @TheSonicAnimator Před 2 lety +1

    0:59 I heard thomas

    • @QuintinJDavies
      @QuintinJDavies  Před 2 lety

      Indeed it was, I want watching it my daughter wanted it off.

  • @Basin79
    @Basin79 Před 4 lety

    The rabbit was recycled and shit out. Stoats are amazing predators.

    • @Basin79
      @Basin79 Před 3 lety

      @David G. nope. It will have eaten it's fill and stored the rest.

  • @markruss1288
    @markruss1288 Před 3 lety

    Why didn't the rabbit go in a line straight flat out

  • @jerometaperman7102
    @jerometaperman7102 Před rokem

    Good weasel.

  • @ingodwepraise954
    @ingodwepraise954 Před 2 lety

    Rabbit have speed but no brain

  • @Lexi2019AURORA
    @Lexi2019AURORA Před 3 lety

    I hope the stoat caught the rabbit eventually.

  • @Death_by_Inches
    @Death_by_Inches Před 6 lety +1

    The Fate of the Furriest
    Coming Summer 2019

  • @hellochris1314
    @hellochris1314 Před 3 lety

    I think the rabbit will escape from death successfully

  • @clobbyhops
    @clobbyhops Před rokem

    Come on Bugs go balls out and dust that little sucker quit running in circles 🤔

  • @TraiNghiemamMeCungHieuQuoc

    Verry very ....

  • @ed.samitov
    @ed.samitov Před rokem

    Unfortunately, the rabbit is stupid. If he hadn't been running back and forth, but had rushed in a straight line, then the ermine would have lagged behind. But the rabbit makes the ermine's task easier by running around.

  • @izakuchiha94
    @izakuchiha94 Před 6 lety +1

    that was not a vs

  • @Fraimco
    @Fraimco Před 2 lety

    rabbit burger for stoat....

  • @blondegirlsezthis8798
    @blondegirlsezthis8798 Před 2 lety

    If Stoats were the size of a Great Dane, we would be extinct in like 4 years.

  • @user-xb2pk4lt9b
    @user-xb2pk4lt9b Před 3 lety

    Morning exercise routine? lol

  • @michaeltuffin5002
    @michaeltuffin5002 Před 2 lety

    The butch wants blood

  • @nismo-1-229
    @nismo-1-229 Před 7 lety

    I'm surprised the rabbit didn't kick the shit out of the stout

    • @guillermosanchez8843
      @guillermosanchez8843 Před 7 lety +9

      They never do, the stoat always wins.

    • @dadscavaliers642
      @dadscavaliers642 Před 6 lety +1

      nismo -1- I've seen about 10 stoat versus rabbit videos in the stoat has won 9 out of 10 the other one just didn't catch it.
      but they kill rabbits very easily.

  • @leotrice1360
    @leotrice1360 Před 6 lety

    the stout will get the rabbit tired and go in for the kill

  • @wedelacresdepottrains9060

    The rabbit should have just ran straight out of the yard instead of round and round ?

  • @adeleetandrellanoscruz9434

    Bien

  • @pizzaman5169
    @pizzaman5169 Před 3 lety +1

    If you watch in slo-mo, it is a stoat/ermine that is the real Pepe Le Pew style hunter. The stoat makes use of it's long(for it's size) body & it leaps & bounds rather than runs flat out like the rabbit. They are natural little buzz saws to begin with, they have such high energy, they usually outlast their prey. Rabbits are a favorite & a staple of their diets. Pepe Le Pew never runs full speed, he moves in leaps or bounds while his love runs 200 MPH & then tires. czcams.com/video/PXPSK8fnRqU/video.html

  • @sabinodammicco7864
    @sabinodammicco7864 Před 2 lety

    Faina

  • @lupebriones4845
    @lupebriones4845 Před 2 lety

    Y ellos bien tranquilos y no ayudan cualquier momento podían matar al conejo

  • @ufognose391
    @ufognose391 Před 3 lety

    Stoats are predators... ;o(

  • @crystaltheshinylightfury6920

    Haha prey is gone

  • @madisonlambert4716
    @madisonlambert4716 Před 8 lety +1

    why TF were they laughing

    • @yahoo1o1
      @yahoo1o1 Před 8 lety +4

      should they be crying?

    • @ConstantThrowing
      @ConstantThrowing Před 7 lety

      Do you want to stoat to eat rainforest destroying Soya bean crops yeah?

    • @13wayz70
      @13wayz70 Před 4 lety +1

      because the dumbass rabbit was running in a circle, i laughed too.

  • @XIAXCI
    @XIAXCI Před 5 lety

    those stoats are real killera man. there is a video of a stoat killing a rat.

    • @TonyStark-nw1ll
      @TonyStark-nw1ll Před 3 lety

      I want to see th3 video

    • @XIAXCI
      @XIAXCI Před 3 lety

      @@TonyStark-nw1ll
      juat search for it. i saw on youtube a while back.

  • @renoraider9817
    @renoraider9817 Před 2 lety

    Australia ought to import thousands of these guys to do away with the rabbit and mouse infestations.