![]() ![]() A mink will attack a bear if it has no escape route - no fear. When I first approached, I always gave her somewhere to escape to. ![]() It’s the middle of spring and I was dressed like the kid in Christmas Story, sweating like crazy. I named her Murray (such a cool name for a mink!) and put her in a horse stall. The only thing not covered was my face, just because I had nothing to cover it with. I had three pairs of gloves on my hands - welding gloves, medium-sized work gloves and tight work gloves. I put on three shirts, four pairs of pants and a pair of high-topped cowboy boots. One mink jumped up and hung onto a guy’s nose, wouldn’t let go. ‘Here’s where one almost tore my pinkie off,’ ‘Here’s where one grabbed my face,’ all this gruesome stuff. I trapped her and brought her to my house. It didn’t take long to find one wandering around a field, a female Blue Iris. If you live next to a mink farm, you’ve had one in your garage - sometimes once or twice a year. ![]() They’re super-clever and hard to keep penned in. Here’s the thing: Mink escape from farms all the time. I was a falconer, I trained horses and I trained dogs I’ve messed with animals since I was a kid. If you’re a zoologist, a naturalist, a mink farmer or a trapper, they all agree how nasty this beast is. As Chaga Keeps Trending, Mycologists Worry About Running Out ![]()
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