Biography about ermine

Video appearance to understand how the ermine looks, imagine an animal of small sizes, which has a strong similarity to affection, but a little larger. Although females do not concern - they are much smaller. Distinctive features are a thin, elongated body, a long neck, as well as a muzzle that has a triangular shape. The beast has a body length of a maximum of 36 cm, and weighing no more than G.

at different times of the year, the ermine has different colors. In the summer, the back of the predator has a brown-red color, and the chest, stomach and tips of the paws are yellowish-white. In winter, the Ermine "puts on" a purely white fur coat made of thick soft fur. The peculiarity is that all year round the tip of its tail remains black. It is on this basis that the animal is distinguished from other representatives of the Kunah family.

The habitat of habitats for earnings became such places as most of Asia, North America, Europe. In the European part of the world, this beast can be found, from the Alps to Scandinavia. In North America, the animal found his house in Greenland and near the Arctic Ocean. In addition, the predator was artificially introduced in the territory of New Zealand. This was done to control the number of rabbits.

The lifestyle and habits are ermine lifestyle - sedentary, that is, after choosing a habitat, he does not change it. Most often, animals settle near streams, rivers, lakes. They arrange their dwellings in some shrubs or reeds. In addition to these criteria, the animal determines its habitat based on the amount of food near. Ermine -freezes mark their territory with the help of secrets from special glands.

The same liquid they release it during defense or at the time of fright. Ermine -players do not live in their own dwellings, but in small minks of small rodents, which they could eat before. During the floods of rivers and lakes, Ermine is forced to change his place of residence, moving away a couple of kilometers from his hole. In winter, you can meet the mining near the human dwelling, since there are most rodents that are suitable for a predator in food.

The habits of animals in terms of housing choice are very modest. They can live even under an ordinary boulder or in the old stump. These predators do not form steam, but there are females with males only in the wedding season. However, it is worth saying that the female, after the brood gives birth, pays more attention to her dwelling, catching it with dry branches or skins of small animals.

The habits of the beast are sometimes very bloodthirsty, and in moments of extreme danger it is quite capable of attacking a person. Food in terms of food of ermine - predators. As food, they use hamsters, felleys, lizards, and a meal. They can also hunt for birds or ruin eggs from masonry, if they find, then everyone eats. The beast can eat rats and mice that are found in human dwellings, because of which sometimes ermarians can be seen in relative proximity to human settlements.

Despite the fact that the animal has very small sizes, it is very belligerent and may well attack even on the muskrat. In addition, the beast is adapted to fish hunting. The ermine hunting time is night. In the afternoon, they are most often inactive and most likely sleep. Propagation propagation takes place from March to September, however, the periods of pregnancy will depend on the dates of mating.

It is worth noting that in terms of pregnancy, the ermines have a unique feature that consists in a large delay in the development of the embryo. The terms of pregnancy in the female are about months. Usually offspring appears in April-May. The average number of newborn babies - from 4 to 9, can reach 18 in one brood. Only a female carries out the offspring.

Ermine and ermine man - not of shy animals. Curiosity makes him climb higher and from there to consider a person. But it is worth noting that the lack of active attention from a person quickly extinguishes the interest of the beast, and he runs away. The ermine fur is very expensive, and therefore hunting for it has always been a profitable and favorite occupation of hunters.

Because of this, the population of these animals falls strongly. However, these predators are in some way natural orderlies, as they destroy pests. For this reason, in certain areas, hunting for this beast is completely prohibited. Interesting facts this animal is notable for its own features: the ermine was artificially introduced in New Zealand to destroy a large rabbit population.

But the beast quickly adapted and began to multiply very actively, because of which birds such as kiwi began to suffer. Predators ruin their nests. It is known that the ermine is whitening in the winter, but if the winter is warm in the edges of the beast, and there is little snow, then the fur will not be white. However, if at the same time transfer the animal to a place where the winter is frosty and snowy, then its fur is quickly adapted and will become white.

The adaptation time will be about days.The animals are distinguished by a gigantic reaction rate, dexterity and amazing force for their size, and therefore hunting for fish or killing a snake for ermine is a trifle business. The most pleasant food for ermine is a water rat. In addition to the fact that this rodent is useful for a predator in terms of food, it also has its own hole, which the beast will take away after the murder of the rat.

The weight of males exceeds the weight of females by 2 or even 2.5 times. If, near the human dwelling, an ermine was noticed, you need to be on the alert. The animal is quite capable of not only stealing, for example, eggs from the chicken coop, but also the chickens themselves. Video of interesting details about the ermine life you will learn from our video.

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