Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Bergstutz or Stollwurm. In the folklore of the Alpine region of south-central Europe, the Tatzelwurm (German: [ˈtatsl̩ˌvʊʁm]), Stollenwurm, or Stollwurm is a lizard-like creature, often described as having the face of a cat, with a serpent-like body which may be slender or stubby, with four short legs or two forelegs and no hindlegs.
A mink's rich glossy coat in its wild state is brown and looks silky. Farm-bred mink can vary from white to almost black, which is reflected in the British wild mink. Their pelage is deep, rich brown, with or without white spots on the underparts, and consists of a slick, dense underfur overlaid with dark, glossy, almost stiff guard hairs.
Domestic mink are rather average sized mustelids, with thick fur and in a "skinnymorph" build. They have several differences with their wild counterparts on several aspects. Domestic mink, whose brains are normally smaller by 25% compared to wild mink, can increase their brain size to one similar of wild mink when becoming feral. [20]
Kenai mink N. v. melampeplus. Elliot, 1904 Darker than energumenos, it has dark chocolate-coloured fur with slightly paler underparts and a white spot on the chin. Males measure 28 inches (71 cm) in total length and 7.2 inches (18 cm) in tail length. [9] The Kenai Peninsula and Cook Inlet: Common mink N. v. mink. Peale and Palisot de Beauvois, 1796
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.
A mongoose is a small terrestrial carnivorous mammal belonging to the family Herpestidae.This family has two subfamilies, the Herpestinae and the Mungotinae.The Herpestinae comprises 23 living species that are native to southern Europe, Africa and Asia, whereas the Mungotinae comprises 11 species native to Africa. [2]
A modern Mink'a in the campesino community of Ocra, Peru, during which a community kitchen is constructed out of adobe.. Mink'a, Minka, Minga (from Quechua minccacuni, meaning "asking for help by promising something") [1] also mingaco is an Inca tradition of community work/voluntary collective labor for purposes of social utility and community infrastructure projects.
Pithing / ˈ p ɪ θ ɪ ŋ / is a technique used to immobilize or kill an animal by inserting a needle or metal rod into its brain.. It is regarded [by whom?] as a humane means of immobilizing small animals being observed in experiments, and while once common in commercial slaughtering is no longer practiced in some developed countries on animals intended for the human food supply due to the ...