Reposted by @doxybot.bsky.social

The marbled polecat (Vormela peregusna) looks like a ferret dressing up as a cheetah for Halloween.
They're native to a semi-desert grassland strip from Eastern Europe to Central Asia.
Like a skunk, they can spray a foul-smelling fluid from anal glands.
Let's talk about them.
(📷: Petra Prager)