Thursday, August 24, 2006

This is a mink. Minks are another ferret relative.
Minks have very unique physical features. They are slender with short legs. The mink has a bushy tail and an arched back. Their ears are close-set to their heads, and the ears are about an inch long. It has beady black eyes. The mink has a more cylindrical, more compact body shape compared to the other members of the weasel family such as the skunk. An adult mink is about 24 inches, and its tail is about 6-8 inches in length. It usually weighs about 1-3 pounds. The female adult minks are about 1/4 smaller. They are about 18-22 inches, and they weigh about 1.5-2.5 pounds. A mink smells horrible because its anal glands let out a horrible stench when the mink is afraid. Alaskan minks are the largest, and they have high-quality light fur. A mink has 5 toes, but the smallest toe in the foot is rarely seen in tracks. Their tracks are very similar to the gray squirrel's tracks. Minks have whiskers, but they are difficult to see. Domestic minks vary in many colors, but wild minks are usually brown to black. Minks always have a white spot on heir chest and under their chin. The back of mink is darker that the front. It has dense under fur, and it has long, lustrous guard hairs. The mink mots twice a year. The winter coat is thick and dark. It molts in the spring into a flatter, browner coat. The flatter coat molts in August or September.

Tuesday, August 22, 2006


This is an albino weasel. albino weasels are white weasels with red eyes.weasel aren't the only albino species.any mammal can be an albino.