Weasel causes LHC shutdown!

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

LOL:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36173247

[peterb]

Not unusual for animals to cause power failures (I remember my father being called out to a substation were a cat had walked onto a pair of 11kV bus bars - it didn't walk off) - and mice and squirrels can cause damage to domestic installations.

[satrow]

Weasel, or poor translation?

Stone Marten would be my guess: http://www.lost-in-france.com/wildli...-stone-martens

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Weasel, or poor translation?

Stone Marten would be my guess: http://www.lost-in-france.com/wildli...-stone-martens

Beech Marten it appears:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/...sformer-wiring

[satrow]

Yes, the same animal, from that article:

... as being caused by a “fouine” – a beech marten native to the region.

Fouine = Beech Marten or Stone Marten, or even White-breasted Marten Martes foina. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fouine (Fouine, I think, might be translated as pitchfork, of the 2-pronged type, (which in some regions might have been commonly made from a suitable branch of beech) referring to the shape of the white breast marking.

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/29672/0

They're not too difficult to see in some parts of Europe, unfortunately, too often as roadkill, but they can also be seen under artificial lighting along roads, etc. - check out any 'funny looking' cats at night

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Yes, the same animal, from that article:

Fouine = Beech Marten or Stone Marten, or even White-breasted Marten Martes foina. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fouine (Fouine, I think, might be translated as pitchfork, of the 2-pronged type, (which in some regions might have been commonly made from a suitable branch of beech) referring to the shape of the white breast marking.

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/29672/0

They're not too difficult to see in some parts of Europe, unfortunately, too often as roadkill, but they can also be seen under artificial lighting along roads, etc. - check out any 'funny looking' cats at night

I am not trying to Weasel out of it.

Lucky a galloping Moose did not get caught in the tubes. It would be a much more serious matter.

[satrow]

That might have confused you even more, they'd have described your 'moose' as an Elk...

[peterb]

European weasels