Any idea what kind of animal this is? Spotted near the Leeson street bridge at the Grand canal

22 comments

1. Stoat maybe?

2. A ferret?

3. It’s a mink

4. Otter or stoat

5. Thats a mink to my eyes based on this

   [https://www.vwt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/MustelidLeaflet.pdf](https://www.vwt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/MustelidLeaflet.pdf)

   Should it be reported? They aren’t such a great bunch of lads I think?

6. It’s a mink. They’re nasty little creatures. I once had the bad fortune to witness the aftermath of what one did to a dog and a litter of pups.

7. Otter or stoat or mink or a ferret.

8. Mink

9. That’s one of your Leeson St minx after a night on the tiles.

10. That’s a rat, sometimes when the hole they’re coming up from the sewers is too wee, they stretch and elongate their body to squeeze through. Give it half an hour and he’ll settle back to his normal size.

11. That’s a mink. Live close to water usually so probably hunting on the canal. Invasive species that should be eradicated.
    Similar movement to this – https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3keVht91CCk

12. It’s a Norwegian gooseberry gatherer, does any body nearby have a gooseberry tree?

13. Didn’t mink I’d ever see one of them on the streets

14. Looks like a weasel or ferret. Dunno if that’s the same thing

15. Definitely a mink.

    Back in the day when the farmers were on land adjacent to rivers, they used to put twigs down their boots because, apparently, if a mink bites you, it won’t let go until it hears a bone crack as this is how they kill their prey and the twigs breaking, mimic the sound of small bones being crushed.

    When I was growing up we used to keep 5 or 6 cats to keep the mink away from lambs in the Spring. Many a night we’d be woken up to Banshee like screaming when they’d be coming up out of the river into the garden.

    The cats always won though. One week I buried 6 mink that had been left on the front step.

16. Another reason to reintroduce lynx to the wild

17. Could be a Pine Marten?

18. Mink. If ya weren’t in the middle of the city, I’d recommend finding your nearest farmer and convincing them to give the bastard 2 barrels. Won’t take much persuading. They’re invasive and vicious fuckers capable of killing things far bigger than them. Satan’s weasel more or less. Same tactic of pouncing on the back and biting into the neck until it breaks or bleeds the target dry.

19. Reminded me of a post I saw years ago where a woman managed to trap a mink, and was asking if anyone was missing a pet ferret that was mean and really angry.

20. They’re invasive but they look lovely in my opinion.

21. Thats one of thee most destructive invasive species in Ireland.

    The American Mink

22. One of them attacked a Friesen Cow belonging to my father and she had to be put down afterwards.

    Destroyed her udder to get at the blood from the large veins in it.

    Be careful standing so close to one they will attack you if they feel threatened.