Pine Marten chasing a squirrel in Estes Park Colorado May 2019. The Marten and squirrel played a game of cat-and-mouse for 20 minutes. Here's about two minutes of the battle.
@@elonmust7470 it's up to you to prove. the person making the assertion has the burden to prove it. that's like asking me to prove God doesn't exist. it's up to the person claiming God exists to prove their statement that God exists. i can't disprove a negative.
Legends say, the Marten is still chasing the Squirrel even after it’s fur had turned white, and the the Squirrel’s hair became grey. (A white marten and a grey squirrel)
The pauses between the chase creeps me out. Like he’s looking around (for paparazzi😅), strategizing, then launching again, and again. Then do it again. Surely terrifying for the squirrel.
If this chase would have went a little longer, that squirrels chances were becoming very very slim of escaping. That Marten is quick, but the squirrel was just a tad quicker, but one false move, and game over for Skippy.
Musta been a hungry marten? We have a pine marten that sometime chases the red squirells, there hard caught once in the tree and happy just to eat outa squirells feeder 🎄 great video
Just give up, I mean....once a squirrel gets to a tree, its like a god at dodging shit. No matter how many times you run around that tree, it'll always run faster then you. Kinda like the turtle VS the rabbit
It's odd because squirrels are the *primary preferred diet* to pine martens. I was a bit surprised when I found this out today, squirrels are very difficult prey animals. They're quick, fight fiercely, have a very strong bite, and climb very well. So I wanted to know how on earth pine martens catch them. This video is either of a very poor pine marten hunter, or their success rate must be very low.
Martens are tree dwelling, medium small sized members of the weasel family (Mustelidae). Fishers and Wolverines are their larger cousins. The Pine Marten shown here preys mainly on squirrels and birds, but will attack rabbits and hares on the ground. Like most of their cousins they are very fierce for their size, and can prey on animals much larger than themselves. Their are several videos here of Yellow Bellied Martens in India preying on langur and macaque monkeys after crippling their victims by forcing therm to fall from trees. The squirrel escaped. The wide tree trunk gave it an advantage in hearing and dodging the Marten.
I was also waiting for it to get up to the branches but I think it´s because the marten is faster than the squirrel , so it would probably catch it if they were running upwards but on the contrary a bit too "clumsy" for catching it when running in circles.
I was also waiting for it to get up to the branches but I think it´s because the marten is faster than the squirrel , so it would probably catch it if they were running upwards but on the contrary a bit too "clumsy" for catching it when running in circles.
@@kenneththorberg6914it's definitely not faster going up a tree, not even a bob cat is faster going a up a tree, although this is a small baby squirrel so maybe the marten would be faster after all
if a marten was the size of house cat we would have been in deep trouble . impossible to escape. squirrels are in deep trouble , on land its martins and foxes on air its hawks . staying alert is exhausting .
When you can climb higher with ur small body, but you took that stupid decision circling that tree, and even making sound making you easily targeted. In animal kingdom, prey normally stupid than the predator, fact.
Pine Marten? A weasel by any other name... Thanks for the correction! BTW - I recently saw an exhibit in a Natural History Museum of stuffed Mink, Weasel, and Pine Marten together. Very similar (and all were brown overall...).
The American grey squirrel is now counted as a pest, unlike the English red squirrel here in the UK. They infect the reds. Our native pine martens prey on the greys as they are bigger but still the greys are far too numerous and now few parts of the UK have got reds. I'm not unhappy about greys getting caught.
That's one for the squirrel, but the marten only has to win once. The squirrel has to win every single time.
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@@MHS-ql7ee 🤦🏿♂ has nothing to do with his point
one of the few times where filming verticle actually made sense
To all the people worried about the Squirrel (like me) , it got away and lived to see another day! :)
Great video!
Thank you, that's a relief 👍
The deadliest game of tag I've ever seen.
The larger diameter the tree, the better chance the squirrel has of avoiding getting caught.
Which is why it stayed down at the base?
These wild animals dont have one minute of peace.
That's how life is. It used to be this way for people, too.
@@elonmust7470 no, that's false.
@@u235u235u235 Prove it.
@@elonmust7470 it's up to you to prove. the person making the assertion has the burden to prove it.
that's like asking me to prove God doesn't exist. it's up to the person claiming God exists to prove their statement that God exists.
i can't disprove a negative.
@@u235u235u235 That's what I thought, asshole... Back to your video games....
Didnt know this animal existed before 10mins ago and now I'm in love
Corderral, I'm surprised you've never seen a squirrel before as they are pretty common, but it is always good to learn new things. Have a nice day
IKR, just saw a video with a fisher cat. First time seeing one of those too
Legends say, the Marten is still chasing the Squirrel even after it’s fur had turned white, and the the Squirrel’s hair became grey. (A white marten and a grey squirrel)
Hahahaha
They're crackhead weasel cat things and they're real cool for it.
that squirrel is just like, "Nope... not today"...
The pauses between the chase creeps me out. Like he’s looking around (for paparazzi😅), strategizing, then launching again, and again. Then do it again. Surely terrifying for the squirrel.
This is some tom and jerry stuff
Yes a marten for sure. Great vid.
C'mon GET THAT LITTLE BUGGER. Wholesome marten
I could watch this all day
Damn, good for the squirrel, but the marten moves so fast, I thought there was two of them at some points.
scary, to be honest. don't nobody wants its snapped violently.
This would be cute, if it weren't a life and death situation.
It's only a dinner or no dinner situation.
So funny chase
Squirrel is like I can do it all day every day.
Pine martens are frequently successful chasing squirrels in the trees. You are not the man squirrel until you have made a marten quit.
I wonder what the squirrel was yelling as it was being chased?
It was really terrifying for that squirrel.
*The uploader said the squirel escaped.*
Damn, this tree goes on forever.
One of the scariest chases I've ever seen, especially when I put myself in that squirrel's place.
SQUIRREL BE LIKE : I CAN DO THIS WHOLE DAY NIGGA!!
If this chase would have went a little longer, that squirrels chances were
becoming very very slim of escaping. That Marten is quick, but the squirrel
was just a tad quicker, but one false move, and game over for Skippy.
the description says it went for 20 minutes
So interesting video
Musta been a hungry marten? We have a pine marten that sometime chases the red squirells, there hard caught once in the tree and happy just to eat outa squirells feeder 🎄 great video
Amazing vid
Real life Tom and Jerry
Переживаю за белку!
Wish there were some place to rent a Pine Martin. I have a backyard full of squirrels.
You just leave those squirrels in peace! They cause no humans any harm.
It's like watching Scooby & the gang gettn chased
thanks, but this is officially my new nightmare
Marty is a good chaser.
Lol that rat was just fucking with that martin. Come on man. Come get me. That was awesome.
it was fighting for its life u psycho....
@@the__black__box hahaha
Just give up, I mean....once a squirrel gets to a tree, its like a god at dodging shit.
No matter how many times you run around that tree, it'll always run faster then you.
Kinda like the turtle VS the rabbit
It's odd because squirrels are the *primary preferred diet* to pine martens. I was a bit surprised when I found this out today, squirrels are very difficult prey animals. They're quick, fight fiercely, have a very strong bite, and climb very well. So I wanted to know how on earth pine martens catch them.
This video is either of a very poor pine marten hunter, or their success rate must be very low.
squirrel has the advantage in the tree
An here i thought the trees wasn’t growing branches at the bottoms for shade.
Great video! The squirrel would've escaped a lot sooner if it could've just shut up when it looked like things were going okay for it there.
joe rasdell escape where ? on land it can't outrun the marten .
The squirrel was cute.
Camera man great
Lo. Squirrel is having fun.
I seriously doubt it!
WTF......how can anyone say its a great video. The things are probably running around the tree still.
What happened at the end???
Just the ordinary stuff , soft music and a long boring list of the involved characters.
And I thought I was the one having a bad day.
What is a pine Martin and what happened?
Martens are tree dwelling, medium small sized members of the weasel family (Mustelidae). Fishers and Wolverines are their larger cousins. The Pine Marten shown here preys mainly on squirrels and birds, but will attack rabbits and hares on the ground. Like most of their cousins they are very fierce for their size, and can prey on animals much larger than themselves. Their are several videos here of Yellow Bellied Martens in India preying on langur and macaque monkeys after crippling their victims by forcing therm to fall from trees.
The squirrel escaped. The wide tree trunk gave it an advantage in hearing and dodging the Marten.
Sounds like the squirrel is laughing at the marten.
nice
Nature everyday fight, real life !!!
khub gumaya
Squarel is commando but he is crying so not in safe.
Why doesn't the squirrel go high up in the tree?
I was also waiting for it to get up to the branches but I think it´s because the marten is faster than the squirrel , so it would probably catch it if they were running upwards but on the contrary a bit too "clumsy" for catching it when running in circles.
The Marten is just not as fluid as the Squirrel on trees
That's a small squirrel size wise. Never understand why they don't just climb higher to the smallest branches. They are acrobats in the canopy.
I was also waiting for it to get up to the branches but I think it´s because the marten is faster than the squirrel , so it would probably catch it if they were running upwards but on the contrary a bit too "clumsy" for catching it when running in circles.
@@kenneththorberg6914it's definitely not faster going up a tree, not even a bob cat is faster going a up a tree, although this is a small baby squirrel so maybe the marten would be faster after all
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遊んでんじゃなくてイタチがリス食おうとしてるんやぞ
Playing hide and seek..😍
Girth of the tree saving it...
Pitajee Shetty, no it could have been its demise since it can't see where the marten is.
Those Martins and minks are truly savage it's lucky they aren't or we humans would be in serious danger
if a marten was the size of house cat we would have been in deep trouble . impossible to escape. squirrels are in deep trouble , on land its martins and foxes on air its hawks . staying alert is exhausting .
Thank Zeus I didnt have to see another squirrel get his head bitten into
Aren't bigger
marten not a mink
Why can't we get a richness (gang) of pine martens in Georgia. Squirrels are simply tree rats...serve no purpose.
Not defending the squirrel, believe me, but they do rejuvenate forest growth by burying seeds.
I am sorry. I wish you could save that squirrel from the weasel.
Death game
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
When you can climb higher with ur small body, but you took that stupid decision circling that tree, and even making sound making you easily targeted. In animal kingdom, prey normally stupid than the predator, fact.
Sorry but thats a pine marten.
Pine Marten? A weasel by any other name... Thanks for the correction!
BTW - I recently saw an exhibit in a Natural History Museum of stuffed Mink, Weasel, and Pine Marten together. Very similar (and all were brown overall...).
This is a marten, not a mink
@@peachtreecreek2328 Did the squirrel win this battle?
@@markjc6 Yes, he escaped!
"Pine marten" is a common name, if'n you want to express your brain pan capacity then provide us the animal's genus and species.
The American grey squirrel is now counted as a pest, unlike the English red squirrel here in the UK. They infect the reds. Our native pine martens prey on the greys as they are bigger but still the greys are far too numerous and now few parts of the UK have got reds. I'm not unhappy about greys getting caught.
Don't quit your day job as you won't make it in Hollywood. Every story needs an ending and this one fails miserably.
Simple minds, simple stories...
You act like not making it in Hollywood is a bad thing.
Sopranos quit without an ending.
I wish that Martin is caught by a eagle or by some Hawks
Thank you for the awful quality video
You are most welcome!
Thank you for your awful perception.
ya allah plz forgive me stop watching this.