C
D
Ermines usually live to be at
least 40 years old.
FALSE. Females may live up to three
years, and males have shorter lives.
A female ermine reaches maturity
by the time she’s three months old.
TRUE. Female ermines mature quickly
and are able to reproduce by the time
they’re two to three months old.
Ermine fur is so ugly that people
have never bothered hunting them.
FALSE. They’ve been hunted extensively
for their luxurious white winter coats.
Hagrid offered Harry, Ron, and
Hermione an ermine sandwich.
TRUE. He called it by its other common
name, stoat, in the Harry Potter series.
These delicate creatures prey
only on smaller animals.
False. They can overpower prey much
larger than themselves. They also eat
small rodents, birds, frogs, and insects.
IAN MATON / SHUTTERSTOCK
ERMINE
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D
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