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Solitary and territorial except when mating and
raising their young, with a home range of about five
miles, mink breed from about February to April and
typically have one litter in May. Although these semiaquatic
mammals sometimes take up residence near
temporary ponds, they often prefer to live next to permanent
streams, rivers and lakes, where they eat just
about anything they can find, from crayfish and frogs
to mice, squirrels and birds. " They'll go in the water
to prey upon things, " Ogle points out. " But it's not
like an otter or a beaver that would build its house in
the water. Typically, their dens are in a hollow log or
hollow tree that is near water. "
The mink is not an imperiled species, says Ogle,
in part because fewer people now hunt and trap it
for fur.
Like their skunk cousins, mink emit a strong,
musky odor but don't spray when they feel threatened.
Instead of using their scent glands to fill the air
with their trademark offensive smell, says Ogle, mink
" just kind of have a natural smell to them, " especially
when defending their boundaries. " I don't think you'd
smell a mink through a car like a skunk, but if you got
out, you would definitely smell it. But it's not near as
pungent. "
Because they feed on aquatic critters, mink are
considered an indicator species that can reflect the
health of streams and other waterways. " But if they're
not found there, that doesn't mean anything either.
You just might not see them when you're there assessing
that stream, " says Ogle, who frequently caught
glimpses of mink on the river at Seven Islands State
Park near Knoxville when he was in college. " Anywhere
you're around water, keep your eyes peeled and
you may eventually see them. "
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