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05-17-2008, 04:58 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
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Strange Animal Walking Through Yard???
I just this moment saw a very strange animal walking through our back yard and have no idea what it was?? We have a Fishercat living out there in the trees, but it is black (as I think they all are?). This was not a fox or coyote, not a skunk, raccoon or possum? It was light in color, about the size of a fox....definitely not a fox though? Looked like a giant Ferret???  
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05-17-2008, 05:14 AM
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first thing
that came to mind was an Otter
they look kinda tan when dry....
i wanted to ask how the tail looked
or moved ...it's position ...
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05-17-2008, 05:19 AM
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Fluffy......kind of straight out. Doubt it was an otter...in Hanover? Do Fishercats come in colors other than black?
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05-17-2008, 05:25 AM
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yes they can look brown and not black
they have a range of colors
animals like that need a fluffy tail
as sort of a sleeping bag for sleeping
as it stores body heat...
kinda works like down feathers on geese
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05-17-2008, 05:28 AM
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Coat was patchy white, tan, brown.....fluffy.
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05-17-2008, 05:38 AM
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patchy hmmmmm
that indicates tufts of fur and or shedding
and it helps with camouflage...
but white? thats very weird
unless it was a freak of Nature
albinism happens...
how long did the legs look...stubby and stout?
and what was the gait .... also ..like with
a fox they walk ... with a little bounce up and down
sort of like a trotting style...
where as a animal in the weasel group sways
or is doing the vertical snake motion
or ambulates quite differently...
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05-17-2008, 08:43 AM
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A picture would of helped.Can you draw us one ? A young Yetti possibly venturing in to what he believes yetti territory ? Where you walking around with your shirt off at the time of the incident ?
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05-17-2008, 11:51 AM
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Retired Surfer
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Coyote pup!!!!!!!!!!
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05-17-2008, 02:09 PM
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otter is my vote, but their fur is not fluffy.. hmmm.
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05-17-2008, 04:00 PM
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Bobcat? We have those, they can look kind of ratty depending on where they are at in their life cycle.
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05-17-2008, 06:01 PM
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I was told it might have been a Mink....that they are in fact native to New England....it was my fist thought as it looked like one but I did not know they are common here in NE?
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05-17-2008, 06:07 PM
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Registered Grandpa
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Sounds like a mink, or maybe a weasle.
Any ponds or stone walls around, Larry?
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05-17-2008, 06:36 PM
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Yeah.....couple brooks nearby!
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05-17-2008, 07:14 PM
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i thought Minks were really small, like a Ferrett. I'm guessing mangey Fox.
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05-17-2008, 07:53 PM
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Minks like water and weasles stone fences. SS is right most minks are only 5-10 inches long.
I've seen some pretty big weasles, bigger than a cat.
I checked weasle out on The Free Dictionary and they talk about a North American Black Footed Ferret that is white in the winter and changes coat colors.
It's on the endangered species list and very few in the wild. Maybe?
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05-23-2008, 06:49 PM
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A Sheltie.
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05-23-2008, 06:53 PM
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Shoot it and take a picture.
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Why even try......... 
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05-27-2008, 04:52 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by justplugit
Minks like water and weasles stone fences. SS is right most minks are only 5-10 inches long.
I've seen some pretty big weasles, bigger than a cat.
I checked weasle out on The Free Dictionary and they talk about a North American Black Footed Ferret that is white in the winter and changes coat colors.
It's on the endangered species list and very few in the wild. Maybe?
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Black Footed Ferrets live out west where they prey on the prarie dog populations. I'll bet on a weasle |
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05-28-2008, 09:12 AM
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neighbors cat?
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05-28-2008, 10:39 AM
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Did it look like a fat ferret/weasel? Did it run/walk like a ferret, which runs in an "inch-worm" like manner where it arches its back in order to run.
It could be a groundhog.
I have a groundhog that frequents our backyard. The adult looked like a pudgy ferret/otter. They have a preference for clover, so I don't have an issue with them passing through our yard.
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05-28-2008, 11:39 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FishermanTim
Did it look like a fat ferret/weasel? Did it run/walk like a ferret, which runs in an "inch-worm" like manner where it arches its back in order to run.
It could be a groundhog.
I have a groundhog that frequents our backyard. The adult looked like a pudgy ferret/otter. They have a preference for clover, so I don't have an issue with them passing through our yard.
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05-29-2008, 11:51 AM
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Retired Surfer
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Newborn sasquatch!
After all, its Larry's backyard.
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05-29-2008, 03:21 PM
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05-29-2008, 06:29 PM
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badger ??????????????????
maybe
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