weasel war dance

The weasel war dance is a colloquial term for a behavior of excited ferrets and weasels.

Although the weasel war dance may make a ferret appear frightened or angry, they are often just excited and are usually harmless to humans.

When excited, they may perform a routine commonly referred to as the weasel war dance, characterized by a frenzied series of sideways hops and bumping into things.

Certain species of weasel and ferrets have been reported to perform the mesmerizing weasel war dance, after fighting other creatures, or acquiring food from competing creatures.