There is one record of a polecat attacking a mink and dragging it to its burrow.
One polecat was reported to frequently wait at a riverbank and catch eels, which it took back to its burrow.
The phrase (with polecats instead of cats) was used at least since the 17th century.
In winter, the polecat may use farm buildings or haystacks as daytime resting sites.
The majority of polecat-mink hybrids have skulls bearing greater similarities to those of polecats than to minks.
However, if we are to put the otter on the endangered list, why do we not also put on that list the pine marten, the polecat and the wild cat?
The number of 10-kilometre squares in which the pine marten is found is only 108; for the wild cat it is 127 and, for the polecat it is 192.
It is not necessary that every time he rises he should give his famous imitation of a semi-house-trained polecat.
