{"id":9096,"date":"2015-04-22T00:01:55","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T05:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=9096"},"modified":"2015-02-28T10:47:37","modified_gmt":"2015-02-28T15:47:37","slug":"atozchallenge-stoat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=9096","title":{"rendered":"#AtoZChallenge &#8211; Stoat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-U5Ijw9grJB8\/VMacqFGQ4dI\/AAAAAAAARL0\/zKgMTi2za_M\/s1600\/S.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-U5Ijw9grJB8\/VMacqFGQ4dI\/AAAAAAAARL0\/zKgMTi2za_M\/s1600\/S.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This little guy might look cute, but he&#8217;s a killer. Also known as the short tailed weasel or ermine, this critter has been known to have a devastating effect on bird populations.<\/p>\n<p>The fur from the stoat, is used in British coronation robes, and often in the robes of the Catholic Pontiffs and Cardinals.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/98\/Mustela_erminea_upright.jpg\/512px-Mustela_erminea_upright.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/98\/Mustela_erminea_upright.jpg\/512px-Mustela_erminea_upright.jpg\" alt=\"stoat\" width=\"512\" height=\"712\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">By Steve Hillebrand, USFWS [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4ozg8hzNsBo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This little guy might look cute, but he&#8217;s a killer. Also known as the short tailed weasel or ermine, this critter has been known to have a devastating effect on bird populations. The fur from the stoat, is used in British coronation robes, and often in the robes of the Catholic Pontiffs and Cardinals. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,623,638],"tags":[1070,639,640],"class_list":["post-9096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atozchallenge","category-animals","category-stoat","tag-atozchallenge","tag-s","tag-stoat"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>#AtoZChallenge - Stoat - Celtic Connexions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"#AtoZChallenge - S is for stoat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=9096\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"#AtoZChallenge - Stoat - Celtic Connexions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"#AtoZChallenge - S is for stoat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=9096\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Celtic Connexions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-04-22T05:01:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-U5Ijw9grJB8\/VMacqFGQ4dI\/AAAAAAAARL0\/zKgMTi2za_M\/s1600\/S.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Melanie\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Melanie\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=9096#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=9096\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Melanie\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fc1dc45dd87a15ec9c0044a4fe9cd612\"},\"headline\":\"#AtoZChallenge &#8211; 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