A funny reader video from 1040 Vienna prompted us to take a closer look at the “dreaded” marten.
A small, posed animal actually manages to make beads of sweat on our foreheads when the car suddenly doesn’t want to start. We are of course talking about the marten. The nocturnal “stinker” has long felt at home in the big cities around the world and is – to put it casually – an endearing object of hate. A probably sleepless reader sent us funny recordings from the fourth district of Vienna – to be precise – the Viktorgasse, where a marten apparently seems to have its playground:
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The marten and the car
Did you know? Only stonemasons like to bite into cables. According to one theory, the rubber coating should smell particularly tasty for the dog-like predator, which is why they like to go into the engine compartments of the cars. In addition, the marten also likes to set its scent mark in the car to drive away a fellow. If the same car is suddenly parked in a different area, off you go: Stranger marten does not accept any other brand of scent and, to the chagrin of the driver, destroys everything related to it.
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