You learn something new every day on FR. I've read English literature which referred to stoats in an offhand manner (T.H. White, among others, I think) and I always thought they were referring to some tamer creature. Geez, now I gotta re-arrange my ganglia.
For their size, they are about as vicious as you can get. Beautiful creatures though. Recent research suggests that they're a key factor in the boom-bust cycles of lemmings in northern latitudes.