Photo by Garry Richer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhether on land or water, the mink is quite efficient in moving around.\u00a0 While on land they will use a bounding gait to move from one place to another and can do so quite quickly.\u00a0 Just how quick?\u00a0 Well my friends, they are able to move at about 6.5 km\/hr (4 mph) and can be difficult to catch.\u00a0 Once they hit the water, the American Mink will swim by using undulating movements of their body.\u00a0 They are quite proficient swimmers and are capable for swimming up to 3 hours without stopping, in warm water.\u00a0 They have to be careful in the cold water though since they can die within 27 minutes.\u00a0 Who wants to swim in freezing cold water anyway? When diving, the American Mink will undergo a state of rapid bradycardia (a fancy way of saying they will slow their heart down).\u00a0 This behaviour will let them conserve their oxygen.\u00a0 I am starting to think the American Mink is actually a triathlete since they are proficient on land, water and are also decent tree climbers.\u00a0 Is there anything the Mink can’t do?<\/p>\n
That does it for our light-hearted Wild Fact.\u00a0 You can now go back to your emotional and heavy news broadcast.\u00a0 Enjoy the rest of your day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Is it just me or has it been a crazy couple of days for the journalists out there? The Newspapers have been busy with Canadian Elections and the death of Bin Laden.\u00a0 I think it is time to take a break from all of that though and learn about the American Mink.\u00a0 You know, the cute little member of the weasel family that is often used as a coat or mittens.\u00a0 But instead of talking about their fashion sense, we will focus on their biology and behaviour.\u00a0 So what do you say, you want to break up all this heavy <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[1865,348,1867,1866,1868,850,4025,1646],"yoast_head":"\n
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