Sable or oil painting are not manufactured from sable hair, but from that of the Siberian weasel. Sable The sable ("Martes zibellina") is a species of marten, a small carnivorous mammal primarily inhabiting the forest environments, of Russia, from the Ural Mountains throughout Siberia, and northern Mongolia. Its habitat also borders eastern Kazakhstan, China, North Korea and Hokkaidō, Japan. Its range in the wild originally extended through European Russia to Poland and Scandinavia. Historically, it has been hunted for its highly valued dark brown or black fur, which remains a luxury good to this day. While hunting is still common in
Francis Martes Francis Martes Francis Euclides Martes Suazo (born November 24, 1995) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). Martes was signed by the Miami Marlins as an international free agent in November 2012. He made his professional debut in 2013 with the Dominican Summer League Marlins. On July 31, 2014, Martes along with Colin Moran and Jake Marisnick were traded from the Marlins to the Houston Astros for Jarred Cosart, Enrique Hernández and Austin Wates. Martes started 2015 with the Quad Cities River Bandits. He was later that season promoted to the Lancaster