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Mystery animal at Port

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  • 21-07-2009 5:05pm
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    Durnish
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    What kind of hybrid or mutant is this, found lying amongst the lobster pots at Port, Glencolombcille?

    hold on for photobucket pic.
    P1040972.jpg


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    muffler
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    Looks like a stoat to me


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    foxshooter243
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,461 ✭✭✭foxshooter243


    mink id say , albino mink..its too big for a stoat.


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    Harps
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    Yeah looks like a mink..theyre usually black but I've seen quite a few of them around and it looks similar


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    irish1967
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    So its not a furry white lobster? jeez


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    sineadgalway
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    post it over on the nature/birdwatching forum, I'm sure someone there will know for def...


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    Cul a cnoic
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    White mink that possibly escaped or was released from a mink farm.


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    Durnish
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    so, should we have skinned it? Ermine, mink, ferret?

    It was too big for a stoat and I thought too big for a mink.


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    muffler
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    It is a wee bit on the big side alright to be a stoat unless it was over-indulging on the fish :D

    Mink farming is banned now or is it?


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    foxshooter243
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    theres also a chance its someones polecat ferret thats escaped too;)


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    Harps
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    Theres plenty of wild minks around the coast..saw one a couple of days ago that was about the same size as that one


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    EAFC_rdfl
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    i thought minks were no bigger than a good sized cat? they are vermon though :p


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    Durnish
    Registered Users Posts: 692 ✭✭✭Durnish


    I have seen mink swimming and they lookedsmaller (as Father Ted said tho', they were far away) and wirier than this model. I suppose that if I looked at the species and families I should be able to decuct what cross breed it could be, if it is one.


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    muffler
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    Edit - had to change the pic.


    StuffedMink1InfoOfficeJun09.jpg


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    Cul a cnoic
    Registered Users Posts: 653 ✭✭✭Cul a cnoic


    muffler wrote: »
    Edit - had to change the pic.


    StuffedMink1InfoOfficeJun09.jpg

    Who was the taxidermist that stuffed the mink?


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    muffler
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    Cul a cnoic wrote: »
    Who was the taxidermist that stuffed the mink?
    Perv something or other :D


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    olaola
    Registered Users Posts: 4,139 ✭✭✭olaola


    My cousin works on a mink farm not too far from Glenties. Still going afaik.


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    jonnygee
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    Looks like a ferret to me, Trust me, dont get bit by one.


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