Mustelidae Spotlight: Sable

Hey! Big surprise! I'm currently making notes out to write a story about musties! The main reason I am doing this is because I really have a terrible time finding other fiction of these guys. If you want something done, you got to do it yourself.

There really are a lot of musty breeds out there that need to be spotlighted, but it is rather frustrating to be one of the few people bringing them up. Take for instance the sable. No! Not the wrestler! The musty!

Sables are a drop-off breed of the marten, but you can be sure they don't get along with each other very well. The sable has a real attitude problem and is very territorial. In fact, I read that they are known for eating up any other musties who get in their way. Watch out, weasels, that sable has blood in his eyes!

Humans spend quite a lot of time killing them off, but it isn't just because the sable lacks good friendship skills. Apparently, their fur is highly prized around the world. In fact, half of the research articles I found of sables was about fur collection. But don't worry, this critter isn't anywhere near endangered.

The only time I saw sables in fiction was in the comic book series called "Mouse Guard." They were considered extremely dangerous--feral eating machines that did not care what they were putting into their belly. As a matter of fact, they loved to go after porcupines not caring if the quills stuck into them or not. You can imagine being a mouse and encountering this beast.

In the story I am currently working on, I have the sables in a feud with the pine martens--a feud that has been going on for many lifetime. The sables tend to constantly invade territory, and the pine martens just want to be left alone. It would take a great stoat empire to bring these two peoples under control, but you can imagine how annoying it will be to babysit them as these two will still be inclined to argue.

The thing I like about sables is their never-ending lust to feed and kill. Where most other musties tend to be more cognitive in their world-dealings, sables strike out for what they want and generally come out with blood on their teeth, This places them in a very dark corner of mustelidae.

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