Kaulana ka minks no ko lākou hulu waiwai. ʻElua ʻano ʻelele o ka ʻohana weasel: ʻAmelika a me ʻEulopa. ʻO nā ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā hoahānau i manaʻo ʻia he nui ka nui o ke kino, ke kala, nā hiʻohiʻona anatomical o nā niho a me ke ʻano o ka iwi poʻo. Makemake nā mink e noho kokoke i nā kino wai. ʻAʻole lākou ʻauʻau a luʻu wale nō, akā hiki nō hoʻi iā lākou ke hele wāwae ma lalo o kahi kahawai a i ʻole loko wai. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ʻAmelika ʻĀkau kahi nohona kaulana no ka mink ʻAmelika.
ʻO ka helehelena o nā māmala
He kino elongated ko nā mink ʻAmelika, pepeiao ākea, hūnā maikaʻi ʻia ma hope o ka hulu ʻeleʻele o ka holoholona a me kahi muiki hāiki. He maka maka ko nā holoholona. He mau lālā pōkole ko nā mamamala, nā lauoho lahilahi a laumania e ʻae ʻole i ka pulu i ka wai. Hiki ke ʻokoʻa ke kala o ka holoholona mai ka ʻulaʻula a i ka brown brown.
ʻAʻole hoʻololi ka hulu o ka mink ʻAmelika i loko o ka makahiki. ʻO nā mahina he 12 a pau ka lauoho paʻa me ka undercoat mānoanoa. I nā lālā he nui o ka ʻohana, ʻike ʻia kahi kiko keʻokeʻo ma lalo o ka lehelehe lalo, a i kekahi poʻe e hele i ka umauma a i ʻole ka laina ʻōpū. ʻO ka lōʻihi o ke kino o ka mink he 60 cm, kona kaumaha he 3 kg.
Ka nohona a me ka meaʻai
ʻO ka mink ʻAmelika kahi mea huli maikaʻi loa e ulu pono i ka ʻāina a i ka wai. Hāʻawi ke kino muscular iā ʻoe e hopu koke me ka mea pio a ʻaʻole e hoʻokuʻu iā ia mai kāna paws paʻa. He mea kupanaha ka ʻike maka ʻole o nā mea ʻino, ʻo ia ke kumu i ulu ai ka honi, e ʻae ai iā lākou e alualu a i ka pōʻeleʻele hoʻi.
ʻAneʻane ʻaʻole hoʻolako nā holoholona i ko lākou home, noho lākou i nā lua o haʻi. Inā ua noho ka mink ʻAmelika i kahi hale hou, e hakakā ia i nā mea hoʻouka kaua āpau. Pale aku nā holoholona i ko lākou mau home e hoʻohana ana i nā niho ʻoiʻoi me he mea kaua lā. Hoʻopuka pū nā makuahine i kahi ʻala maikaʻi ʻole e hiki ke makaʻu i nā ʻenemi.
ʻAʻole picky nā Predators e pili ana i ka meaʻai a hiki ke ʻai i nā ʻano meaʻai like ʻole. Aia i ka papaʻai nā holoholona liʻiliʻi a me nā manu nui. Makemake ka mink ʻAmelika e ʻai i ka iʻa (perch, minnow), crayfish, frogs, rodents, insect, a me nā hua a me nā ʻanoʻano lāʻau.
Hoʻopiʻi hou
I ka hoʻomaka o Malaki, hele nā kāne e ʻimi wahine. Hiki i ke kāne ʻoi loa ke kolohe me ka mea i koho ʻia. ʻO ka manawa hānau i ka wahine mau a hiki i 55 mau lā, ʻo ka hopena, mai 3 a 7 mau hānau pēpē. ʻAi nā Cubs i ka waiū o ka makuahine ma kahi o ʻelua mau mahina. Mālama wale ka wahine i ka hānai ʻana i nā pēpē.
