tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post1869303874374966008..comments2024-01-05T05:02:20.353+00:00Comments on CRYPTOZOOLOGY ONLINE: Still on the Track: WHEN THE GOING GETS WEIRD: The Devil Went Down to WoolseryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-85143341734238212262009-03-09T23:28:00.000+00:002009-03-09T23:28:00.000+00:00I'd say rabbit, at least they look similar to thos...I'd say rabbit, at least they look similar to those of the cottontail rabbits we have in North America. <BR/><BR/>We have a rabbit that frequents the backyard. When there is snow on the ground, the rabbit leaves tracks very similar to these.TechNeilogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377881138289568562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-82823615229011751762009-03-06T11:32:00.000+00:002009-03-06T11:32:00.000+00:00Personally I'd reckon that this was left by a mink...Personally I'd reckon that this was left by a mink. The characteristics are all correct for mink; the area is near to a smallish river, it isn't in an especially keepered area and the animal is keeping near to cover all the time it is moving about. Note how the animal came up the garden, checked out the dustbins area then went back down the garden again; typical behaviour for a small predator being led by the nose.<BR/><BR/>If you want to confirm the matter, set a Fenn MK 4 trap in a tunnel in the garden, baited with meat or cat food; the tunnel needs to be about three feet long to prevent cats and dogs getting to the bait. However, do this soon, before the spring increase in rodent and small bird populations makes the prospect of scavenging unattractive to mink.<BR/><BR/>Finally, before you complain of my heartlessness in this matter, consider that mink are introduced predators and by removing some from the country, you're doing the indigenous and now endangered water voles a very big favour.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-12228062345316511052009-03-05T23:31:00.000+00:002009-03-05T23:31:00.000+00:00If I was a betting man, having quite often seen si...If I was a betting man, having quite often seen similar prints in my garden following overnight snow falls, I would be inclined to say the Mr. FOX did it.Sydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15633341353878192556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-18068887247239862932009-03-05T19:12:00.000+00:002009-03-05T19:12:00.000+00:00I think it probably is a rabbit, but what I want t...I think it probably is a rabbit, but what I want to know is why, when we have had snow quite a lot this winter, and there are millions if rabbits around Woolsery, did their tracks only look like this the once.<BR/><BR/>Is this a rabbit running? Rather than a rabbit peacefully minding its oiwn business? Whatever it ism, it ain't The Devil, or anythink like him, and I sincerely doubvt whether it was back in 1855 either..Jon Downeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467805661081755044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-50682531833204466122009-03-05T19:03:00.000+00:002009-03-05T19:03:00.000+00:00Looks alot like a rabbit to me!Looks alot like a rabbit to me!Neil Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18241593955210773189noreply@blogger.com