২৩ নভেম্বর, ২০২১

A minky morning.

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Caught him clearly there. He was in and out of the rocks and I have many photos that I believe should show the mink, but I'm challenged to find him — for example:

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Side issue: Mink or otter? Do you know the difference? I know a difference — pointy vs. round snout — and that's what made me say mink.

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CWJ বলেছেন...

Snout, paws and fur. All say mink over otter. I've never seen either of them in the wild, so I'm envious. Cool photo.

Rollo বলেছেন...

I woke up. It was a minky morning, and the first thing that I saw ...

mikee বলেছেন...

Little mink seems to be enjoying the day, seeking prey among the rocks.

Ron Winkleheimer বলেছেন...

I live in a suburb that has some green spaces between housing divisions and I see quite a bit of wildlife, a family of four weasels or ferrets, a small herd of deer, a couple of egrets, a pair of red tailed hawks, and even foxes, though the last one was found dead on a neighbors lawn. I think it may have eaten something that had eaten rat poison. And rabbits, of course.

Paul From Minneapolis বলেছেন...

I think the potential species confusion is more between mink and three different species of weasels - short-tailed, long-tailed, and least. Then there's also the marten.

Lucien বলেছেন...

@Rollo: And that's how Minky Clinton got her name. (do you have a rheuuum for my minky?)

Big Mike বলেছেন...

Forget it, Althouse. He’s too small to turn into a coat.

Iman বলেছেন...

Look for the paint some lefty idiot may’ve thrown on the mink’s coat… always a tell.

farmgirl বলেছেন...

I’d sooner think that it was a difference in the tails- but the snout makes sense.

rcocean বলেছেন...

Per wikipedia:

Adults may eat young mink

Yet, You little Mink is a compliment.

MadisonMan বলেছেন...

Think Mink!
Think Mink when you shop for winter clothes
Think Mink!
Think Mink when you want that quelque chose

gilbar বলেছেন...

i see otters All the time, nearly as often as i see bald eagles (they're Both trout killers)
Otters are sleek, and pretty big
(also, otters usually have trouts in their mouths)
i don't if i've ever seen a mink (seen lots of martins and other weasels)

madAsHell বলেছেন...

I'm told mink are meaner than snakes.

I wish I could find the reference, but years ago some environmental group went to a mink farm in Oregon, and opened the cages. Soon thereafter, the ground was covered in dead mink. They didn't run away.

They started fighting, and killing each other.

Original Mike বলেছেন...

I've seen a lot of otters. That's not an otter.

I've also seen mink/weasels running among lakeshore boulders as in the picture. That's what that animal is.

Scott Patton বলেছেন...

"show the mink"
That's got to be a euphemism for something.

effinayright বলেছেন...

Perhaps it's a rare Seeing Eye Minkey......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnlIWpZSPXU

Narr বলেছেন...

I love the smell of minkmusk in the morning.

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