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[dday9]

New Hampshire Fisher Cats: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire_Fisher_Cats

[szlamany]

That's exactly right! Around the 9th inning all hell breaks loose!

[dday9]

I knew it.

[szlamany]

http://ctboom.com/fisher-cat-invasio...n-connecticut/

[Shaggy Hiker]

From 2000 until current there has always been at least 1 post each year.

I remember it dropping off the first page, even back when there was a LOT more going on the first page. It kept getting revived, though.

[Shaggy Hiker]

http://ctboom.com/fisher-cat-invasio...n-connecticut/

Sounds kind of alarmist. All the weasels are pretty tough animals, and the larger they get, the tougher they get. I wouldn't go harassing any of them, but I've only ever seen one fisher in the wild. I only saw that one when the woods were frozen to the point that I could walk on the crust (that takes some pretty strong crust), which let me kind of sneak up on a fisher. It's pretty cool that you are seeing one so often, considering how shy they tend to be.

I have a few good stories about mink, over the years. I had one run over my foot one time. I was being pretty incautious, but those mink were darn near domesticated from being around people a whole bunch. Like any wild animal with that set of accoutrements (sharp teeth, sharp claws, and speed), when scared...they're dangerous, but when not scared, then they don't much care about you.

[szlamany]

That link did seem more like #FakeNews meant to scare poor folk.

I'm more concerned about my dogs thinking it's just a big squirrel!

[Shaggy Hiker]

I doubt they'd go after a person, even a baby...though maybe if you happened to leave your baby out in the woods....

Still, I would think that they'd go after some small dogs, and they'd be tough enough to take out a cat if the cat was foolish enough to tangle with it.

[dday9]

Don't they make furs out of mink?

[dday9]

What is a mink?

[dday9]

Oh, it looks like a cross between an otter and a ferret.

[szlamany]

We had river otter a few times last year. You can easily know the difference in that they show up as a group. Very friendly.

This fisher cat was a loaner. Bouncing all over the place on the ice yesterday - big bounds - like 30+ inches.

I read that they mate in like April but do not implant the egg until the end of the following winter - which is now. Gestate for 30 days and give birth to blind pups. The one we saw was small - leads me to believe female. Wondering if I can find the den - it's raining and warm today - should be able to follow some tracks around the woods.

[dday9]

I love watching otters play. Down in Cameron parish in the refuge, they have a bunch! In fact I remember being little and there was a small road that allowed one car to pass at a time with water on both sides, and the otters would jump between the two sides of the road(and occassionally miss too).

[brad jones]

What is a mink?

A mink (or two):



(can be your for about $800 online)

[szlamany]

They do explore every inch of the brook when they storm through. Very active - looks like fun.

Why they hell are we programmers? River otter - now that's a job!

[FunkyDexter]

I read that they mate in like April

Me too!

I'd never heard of a Fisher Cat until now but weasels are the ninja of the rodent world.

[szlamany]

A mink (or two):



(can be your for about $800 online)

Do you have the dress also?

[brad jones]

Do you have the dress also?

I only wear the dress on special occasions.....



Brad!
(and yeah, that was a joke, just to be clear)


(Picture was taken from a site selling furs)

[szlamany]

I read that they mate in like April

Me too!

Is that a UK thing?

I only get to pay my taxes in April. I guess that is kind of getting f______d...

[dday9]

Is that a UK thing?

I only get to pay my taxes in April. I guess that is kind of getting f______d...

Ba Dum Tis...

[Shaggy Hiker]

I walked up on a pair of otters hunting fish last summer. I got right to the bank before one of them noticed me. They look so quizzical, and seemed so unconcerned, that when the one dove, I thought it was coming closer to get a better look, but apparently it was headed back to the den, because I never saw it again. The other one then popped up and looked all over trying to find the first one. Eventually, it noticed me standing there, and also returned to the den.

They were slaughtering some fish, but the only fish there were tiny, so they were sucking them down like sardines. Very effective hunters, I'd have to say, which was good, cause it would take dozens of fish that size to fill an otter belly.

[szlamany]

Almost went a week without a post.

Getting 20 inches of snow tonight and tomorrow!

Post Race!

[Shaggy Hiker]

We're getting spring, after a terrific winter.

[RobDog888]

90 degree weather for days now -_-

[FunkyDexter]

Round my way "90 degree weather" means the rain's coming in horizontal.

[NeedSomeAnswers]

Round my way "90 degree weather" means the rain's coming in horizontal.

Pff, in Yorkshire thats called a gentle shower.

When i were a lad the rain had to be coming in 360 degrees before we put a coat on!

[FunkyDexter]

Pff, in Yorkshire thats called a gentle shower

In Yorkshire it's considered "indoor plumbing"

[RobDog888]

Happy PI day everyone

[szlamany]

Happy PI day everyone

I was going to circle back a'round later and say the same thing!

[homer13j]

Getting 20 inches of snow tonight and tomorrow!

They said the same thing here. We got four inches.

[szlamany]

We got 10 inches by noon - an hour of sleet/freezing rain - now it's just rain. Seems like a two hour snow ending around 8 tonight.

And constant 30+ mile/hour winds.

Snow blower is going to be a fail - shovel time...

[Shaggy Hiker]

Kind of funny that you folks are getting winter now. We've just left it behind. Buds are starting to appear (and not just the empties along the road).

[szlamany]

Since the upper half of the US kind of missed out on lasting snow cover this year, this storm will melt away quickly with sun angle alone.

Back in 2013 (?) we had a 30 inch snowfall close to this date - and that closed up everything for 4 days and took forever to melt.

[RobDog888]

Im bored, literally watching some paint dry.

[homer13j]

Kind of funny that you folks are getting winter now.

In Cleveland winter doesn't officially end until after the Indians' first homestand in April...

[Shaggy Hiker]

I remember a strong snow in May back when I lived in New Hampshire. Now, out in Idaho (which I still feel is in the upper half of the US), the grass is greening in the valley, and there's 100 inches of snow at the base on the ski hill above Boise. I'm trying to decide whether I'll go skiing again this year. I would have gone last week, but was away. Now it's pretty warm, even up there, so it'll be mushy during the day, and turning icy as the sun sets. Not sure I want to deal with that.

[dday9]

I am sick.

[szlamany]

I am tired.

[NeedSomeAnswers]

I am Legend.

[szlamany]

I am Zorn.