. Life-histories of northern animals [microform] : an account of the mammals of Manitoba. Mammals; Mammals; Mammifères; Mammifères. m Mink 880 cat till it was satisfied, then turned on its gentle foster-mother, trying to tear her. Several times the rat cried out but, seeing no marks, I thought it must be a trifling hurt; still she would not injure the little brute, but continued to nurse it tenderly. More than once I had to save oik of the kittens froni its jaws. To-day I found the hens in an uproar, and, on going to the place, found an old clucker rushing about with the diminutive Mink fast
. Life-histories of northern animals [microform] : an account of the mammals of Manitoba. Mammals; Mammals; Mammifères; Mammifères. m Mink 880 cat till it was satisfied, then turned on its gentle foster-mother, trying to tear her. Several times the rat cried out but, seeing no marks, I thought it must be a trifling hurt; still she would not injure the little brute, but continued to nurse it tenderly. More than once I had to save oik of the kittens froni its jaws. To-day I found the hens in an uproar, and, on going to the place, found an old clucker rushing about with the diminutive Mink fastened to her neck. I choked it oflF and put it back with the kittens. This afternoon I chanced to lift the cat up aad. Fia 113âMink â «>«*⢠(P<â¢" '"')â Wlanlpas. Auk- «4. â 904* was horrified to find the Mink had bitten off four of the foster- mother's teats, lacerated her whole breast, and eaten a hole nearly into her bowels, and yet mother love made the poor creature keep on without harming the devil she was rearing. All of this ends to-day. The Mink has few enemies that arc dangerous, for it is enemies a dangerous fighter, but the great horned owl must be reckoned with, as is shown by the following from A. N. ; A friend of his was at the opening of his tent one nightfall, at Triton Club Lake. He had been " fishing, and his trout were in front of his tent, when a Mink came from somewhere and seizing a trout in its mouth made off with it, but before the Mink was out of sight a big owl swooped down, grabbed the Mink and made off with it into the air, and the last he heard of the Mink it was screaming pitifully up towards the ; » Forest and Stream, May 7. 1898, p. 371-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seton, Ernest Thompson,
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