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The exhilaration of the polecats sequence in “Fury Road” — that fact that there’s such a thing as polecats — made the series a constant source of glee.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2024

So far, erythrism has been identified in dozens of species, including reef manta rays, leopards, and European polecats.

From National Geographic • Feb. 12, 2024

One introductionist I spoke to, Graham Wellstead, has released hundreds of polecats into the English countryside, helping this once-persecuted small carnivore spread across the south and east of the country once again.

From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2020

"Some species are doing well, so carnivores, for example, like polecats and pine martens, they seem to be bouncing back," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2018

"Ha' you any rats, mice, polecats, or weasels, or any old cows sick o' the measles?"

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood