[Magdalen] River otters (was Re: Fox screams)

[ME Michaud]

Mink are scary beasts. I was painting by a large salt water
pond in Rhode Island one day when I watched a mink slither
into the water, swim out (underwater) and take a full-grown
duck from below. Duck never saw her coming. She just
grabbed the poor thing, dragged it under, and drowned it.

Then I watched her lug it over the rocks and back to her
lair. Feeding her children. Natural but horrid.
-M

On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 6:22 AM, Roger Stokes <r
<roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>

> Unfortunately some misguided groups have raided mink farms (please note I
> do not approve of animals being farmed for their fur) and released the mink
> into the wild - to the detriment of the native prey which is the otters'
> food source.  It may also be that mink take otter pups as well.
>
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