Characteristics: Mink have a long body with short, stout legs. They stand three to four inches at the shoulder. Adults weigh 1.5 to 3.5 pounds, with males significantly larger than females. Mink are considered by many to be the Cadillac of the furbearer world-pelts are usually in high demand.
The pelage is dark brown, usually black at the tip of the tail and white under the chin. Mink, like others in this family, have well developed scent glands at the base of the tail, and produce a strong musky odor.
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I take that life if I can, with regret as well as joy, and with the sure knowledge that nature’s ways of fang and claw or exposure and starvation are a far crueler fate than I bestow. – Fred Bear