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  2. Fisher (animal) - Wikipedia

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    The fisher (Pekania pennanti) is a carnivorous mammal native to North America, a forest-dwelling creature whose range covers much of the boreal forest in Canada to the northern United States. It is a member of the mustelid family, and is the only living member of the genus Pekania. It is sometimes referred to as a fisher cat, although it is not ...

  3. Will a fisher attack a house cat? This predator ... - AOL

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    A male fisher can range up to 30 square miles, so these travelers can show up anywhere at anytime. They are equally capable of hunting day and night. Will a fisher attack a house cat?

  4. Fisher found in Kent? Animal gone for nearly two ... - AOL

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    Fisher vs. mink. What animals are in the same family? Fishers are a mustelid (family Mustelidae), which includes about 55 species of ferrets, polecats, badgers, martens, ...

  5. Surplus killing - Wikipedia

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    A stoat surplus killing chipmunks (Ernest Thompson Seton, 1909) Multiple sheep killed by a cougar. Surplus killing, also known as excessive killing, henhouse syndrome, [1] [2] or overkill, [3] is a common behavior exhibited by predators, in which they kill more prey than they can immediately eat and then they either cache or abandon the remainder.

  6. List of large carnivores known to prey on humans - Wikipedia

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    Animal common name Animal scientific name Location of fatal attacks (continent) Location of fatal attacks (country, region) Article American black bear [7] [8] Ursus americanus: North America Canada, [9] United States [9] Bear attack: Blue shark: Prionace glauca: Shark attack: Brown bear [10] [11] [12] Ursus arctos: Asia, Europe, North America

  7. A pregnant fisher, the animal, was discovered in Ohio. Here's ...

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    A fisher, a mammal related to river otters and weasels, found as roadkill in Ashtabula County in 2023, was recently confirmed to be pregnant, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources ...

  8. Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 - Wikipedia

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    The attacks at Matawan are the subject of the National Geographic Channel documentary Attacks of the Mystery Shark (2002), which examines the possibility that a bull shark was responsible for killing Stanley Fisher and Lester Stilwell; [43] Discovery Channel's Blood in the Water (2009); Shore Thing (2009) (directed by Lovari and James Hill ...

  9. List of deadliest animals to humans - Wikipedia

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    Animal Humans killed per year Animal Humans killed per year Animal Humans killed per year 1 Mosquitoes: 1,000,000 [a] Mosquitoes 750,000 Mosquitoes 725,000 2 Humans 475,000 Humans (homicide) 437,000 Snakes 50,000 3 Snakes: 50,000 Snakes 100,000 Dogs 25,000 4 Dogs: 25,000 [b] Dogs 35,000 Tsetse flies 10,000 5 Tsetse flies: 10,000 [c] Freshwater ...