• The least weasel hunts venomous snakes, including vipers, and other small animals. It is agile and bold, hunting both day and night.

The dwarf weasel is a predator that feeds on small animals, actively hunting and pursuing prey in shelters. Its diet consists of mice, voles, shrews, small birds, eggs, and other small mammals, including rodents, bats, lagomorphs, and hamsters. The species hunts its prey skillfully, killing with a bite to the back of the neck and consuming it immediately or hiding the remains. The hunting strategy involves active pursuit. Daily food intake ranges from 20 grams to 60 grams; young weasels consume milk. The species’ prey also includes rodents, lagomorphs, bats, and other mammals.