12/22/2023 0 Comments Are bears nocturnal![]() ![]() They are nocturnal animals and hunt mostly during night but are also active during the day. It takes almost a month for the fertilization and implantation of the eggs, gestation period would be around 51 days. When the mating season starts, the male minks wander far away in search of females. The female gives birth by late April or early May. The male and the female minks have several partners. ReproductionĪmerican Minks mating season starts from February to April. However the domestic minks may live for longer period. Once they reach the adulthood and are capable enough to hunt their food, they may live up to four years to seven years. This statistics however comprises of the younger minks that easily fall prey to the predators or die of disease or starvation. The average life span of a wild mink would be a year to 3 years. The minks also live in the cavities made by the stream or the trees. The minks move in to the huts and burrows of the muskrats and other occupants if they are empty or just hunt down the occupants. The mink population at a particular area depends on the food available for them at that area. The minks are semi aquatic animals and hence are found in wetland environment, usually near the streams, rivers or any other water bodies. When the minks are threatened they usually snarl and hiss and release a scent that also advertises its territory with the other minks and they purr like a cat when they are happy. The minks usually live alone and are with their partner only during breeding seasons. They are carnivorous animal and hunt preys bigger than themselves. The mink are solitary animals that mark and recognize their territories with the smell. They are nocturnal animals however are active throughout the year. The American mink is a semi aquatic animal and it spends a lot of time inside water hunting for preys. The minks originated in North America, and American Minks are found throughout the United States and Canada except for few places on the tundra and southwestern USA like Arizona, Hawaii, Southern New Mexico, southern and central Utah, western Texas and southern California. The baby minks are called ‘cub or kit’ the female minks are called ‘sow’ and the male minks as ‘boar’. The soft furs of the minks are covered with waterproof oily hair. It has thick glossy hair usually brown to black in color throughout its body and a patch of white under the chin and throat. ![]() The little minks have a long tail and its tail itself comprises of one-third of its body. They have short webbed legs which make them an excellent swimmer. ![]() The American Mink have a long slender body which is around 12-22 inches (30-55 cm) long. ![]()
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