Known for being really stinky?? But I met a man who rescued a bunch the other day and I handled a few of them and didn’t find them stinky at all…like they definitely smelled musky but I quite liked it 😄 Trying not to let my impulses take over - I almost took them home with me because they are so cute

I really want a pet mink but most states don’t allow them. Is there any subgroup of ferret or type of breed that resembles minks more?

I learned from a sign at a zoo that Wolverines will kill porcupines the same way fishers do. I.e they attack the face, flip it, and go after the underbelly. Is this a sound conclusions and does anyone know if they're as frequent predators where they are for porcupines?

I'm so happy I've found my people<3

I've become really interested in mustelids recently, however I don't know a huge amount about them. and I found two documentaries but neither are available anymore. can anyone recommend me any? the ones I cant find anywhere (without paying for a service subscription) are Weasels: Feisty and Fearless and Meet the mustelids

I’ve been seeing this mink for a long time but have never had a camera ready. I was in the right place at the right time to get this picture!

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gr605rdneo

This is also very good news for Great Britain’s native red squirrel. The introduced gray squirrel outcompetes the reds and has pushed their population to the brink. But pine martens eat far more grays because they are bigger, slower and easier to catch. More pine martens is a win for red squirrels and all of us who love mustelids.

Let’s hope pine martens rebound in a big way!

Does anyone know of any sculpture and other media art featuring mustelids? I want a statue, but others might be cool.

I saw on Amazon that a book on pine martens is coming out in January. I’m excited because there is a real lack of good books on mustelids. I was hoping this thread could be a place where we could list out books on any mustelid species.

I’ll start. The Mink by Nigel Dunstone is the only book on mink that I have read that wasn’t about trapping mink or fur farming. I got my copy in the mid 90’s, but I don’t think anything newer has been written. Dunstone covers all the bases and really covers mink biology, how they hunt, swim, care for their young, etc.

Researchers -- and detection dogs -- scour the southern Oregon coast to track the elusive, endangered marten https://yachatsnews.com/on-the-trail-of-the-elusive-coastal-marten/

Little fella has been residing in my crawlspace the past few years.

Ferrets and some weasels do make the signature dook noise but I was wondering if other mustelid species dook or any equivalent?

Around sunrise near Kuhmo, Finland