Tiny baby stoat saved by mouth to mouth from stranger

Daily Telegraph ^ | 6th June 2009 | Daily Telegraph

[the scotsman]

A tiny baby stoat was given mouth-to-mouth and a heart massage by a member of the public after a passer-by discovered it drowning in a water butt, it has emerged.

The lifeless baby stoat, the size of a human thumb, was found in the trough next to its sibling in wasteland near Marham, Norfolk.

The pair, since named Blears and Brown after the beleaguered Prime Minister and his former Communities Secretary, were found by an unnamed employee at Anglian Water on May 29.'

[SatinDoll]

Too much coffee this morning, Amos?

[Beagle8U]

“It's because gerbils are so 90’s.”

Yea, and I'll bet that after a couple decades of gerbils they would be ready for ferrets or even groundhogs.

[Ditter]

You seem to be quite knowledgeable please tell me what is a “water butt”?

[null and void]

It’s the wrinkles a shipwreck survivor gets after days of sitting the the unavoidable puddle in the bottom of the life raft...

[null and void]

Excellent!

[Ditter]

Of course, I should have known, you are so brilliant. wink wink %’0)

[cripplecreek]

Yea, and I'll bet that after a couple decades of gerbils they would be ready for ferrets or even groundhogs.

Nutrias, capybaras and beyond!

[MHGinTN]

Not to be confused with the EWnglish meaning for ‘pecker’ ... the nose.

[Beagle8U]

LMAO!

[mickey finn]

Best Spork Weasel ever!

[cripplecreek]

Planet of the sporks.

[null and void]

Couldn't fid a picture, butt it looks something like this:

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(if the patient is lying on his side)...

[skinkinthegrass]

I love Saturdays on FR!

....don't ya mean, everyday!

[TASMANIANRED]

No doubt.

[shibumi]

[radiohead]

<As opposed to mouth to mouth from someone he knew well?

Damn. I almost choked on a pretzel. LOL.

[Bon mots]

Whoa there, pardner! The little bugger is cute, and some people love to save little cute things. We still have some liberties available to us.

Cute, yes. I have a very cute hedgehog and pine marten in my yard, and I will feed them leftover ham... but putting my lips on theirs????

No thanks. If they need Mouth-to-mouth in my yard, they're gonna' die.

[NoPrisoners]

Hehehe! Just for you! :)

Mouth to Meow-th: Mass. firefighter revives cat with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation By Associated Press 11:26 AM EDT, September 11, 2008 NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) _ A lucky cat owes one of its nine lives to a firefighter who revived it with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Al Machado rescued the cat from a burning apartment Tuesday, telling The Standard Times of New Bedford that he saw immediately that it needed air.

Machado began performing mouth to mouth on the animal as he carried it outside.

Video shot at the scene shows Machado bent over, breathing into the cat's mouth several times. The cat, a tiger angora, was revived and resting comfortably soon after.

No humans were injured in the fire. A man and woman whose last known address was the building that burned were arrested and charged with arson, authorities said. Two other cats died in the second-floor apartment, but two dogs there were saved with the help of oxygen from paramedics and animal rescue personnel. Pets on the other two floors — including a ferret and even some frogs on the first floor — were all saved.

Asked what it tasted like to give mouth-to-mouth to a cat, Machado laughed, grimaced and said: "Like fur."

But you'll need one of these snoot-masks!

Thanks to these firemen!

[Bon mots]

EEeeewwwwww!

:)

[NoPrisoners]

I've never seen a stoat, but here's a ferret in a suit:

As a ferret-enthusiast, I object! (lol)

Stinkies! Yes!!!