#kharza

Forget about Mario day, March 10 fits martens best! It even sounds more fitting! MarTen!

For the pastry we go

Seems like it's time to go for something tasty

YCH commission for Nak, Mereneth, Anbessa and CTPAHHNK

that there was a ferocious cat-sized weasel-like beast roaming around Asia capable of killing and eating deer? 

this is the kharza or yellow-throated marten. Its babies are too cute for words:

In addition to deer, it eats rodents, hares, snakes, lizards, eggs, birds, small cats and fruit. It has few predators. It is very smelly.

The kharza hunts deer by driving them onto ice. According to Wikipedia, 2-3 of these martens can consume an entire deer carcass in a few days.

The kharza is found in Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Himalayas of India, Nepal and Bhutan, Korea, southern China, Taiwan, eastern Russia, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. 

The tail makes up half of the kharza’s length, which is between 50–72 cm (19.7–28.3 in).  Females weigh 1.6–3.8 kg (3.5–8.4 lb) while males weigh 2.5–5.7 kg (5.5–12.6 lb).

Like other mustelids (weasels, ferrets, mink) the kharza is capable of taking down prey many times its size, is fearless, powerfully built, and adorable!

Yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula) Moscow Zoo, Russia