Pine Marten captured by Loris

[Pygathrix]

Here in the UK you would be very lucky to see a pine marten, in Switzerland it seems you only have to go to a football match:

Pine marten pitch invasion leaves Swiss footballer with nasty bite - video | Football | SNTV

 

[PAT]

And here I was thinking I'd see photos of a pine marten battling it out with a murderous slow loris.

 

[epickoala123]

Yeah, the name of the thread is intriguing

 

[zoomaniac]

Another evidence why European Football/Soccer is much more attractive then American or Australian Football....

 

[Goura]

Another evidence why European Football/Soccer is much more attractive then American or Australian Football....

You don't need an incident like this to realise how much more worthwhile European Football is than the other two!

 

[zoomaniac]

@Goura:

 

[Pygathrix]

And here I was thinking I'd see photos of a pine marten battling it out with a murderous slow loris.

The Loris is anything but slow to catch a pine marten running at that speed

 

[dean]

I saw this on the news I couldn't believe he was going to try and pick up such a predator, then he did, he may know a lot about football but it appears he knows very little about the fauna of Switzerland. He was braver/dafter than i would have been with out a net.
Does any one remember the late Richard Whitely and the ferret interview? ooh

 

[lintworm]

it's a beech marten, not a pine marten, but well the soccer players don't care and I had a good laugh