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Would an American mink be a possibility? The paw looks too thin for a =
river otter. Mink have substantial canines as well and would be around =
the 1 foot length rather than river otters which are larger unless a =
very young otter as Chris suggested. Just a thought.
Laurie Murison
Grand Manan, NB
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From: Randy Lauff=20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Mystery creature found in northern Ontario
That was my first impression as well. The one view seems to show odd =
teeth for an otter (or anything), though perhaps they aren't teeth or =
they are loose and therefore misaligned?
Randy
On 22 May 2010 19:44, Christopher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> =
wrote:
It's pretty clearly a juvenile river otter (Lontra canadensis). It =
must have been lying dead for some time with its face in the water so =
that the fur on the front of the head became loosened and fell away.=20
Cheers,
Chris
On 22-May-10, at 6:16 PM, Angela Joudrey* wrote:
Is anyone following this story? Any thoughts?
Mystery surrounds creature found in Ont. creek | Sympatico.ca News =
news.sympatico.ctv.ca
Two nurses not from the area were hiking and their dogs drug this =
out of the lake. It was a waterlogged, partially bald 'creature'. They =
took a few photos and continued on their way. Once they had time to =
think about it and realized they had no idea what it was and went back =
to get it, it was gone. All that is left is the photos that they have =
released.
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RF Lauff
Way in the boonies of
Antigonish County, NS.
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Would an American mink be a =
possibility? The=20
paw looks too thin for a river otter. Mink have substantial =
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which are=20
larger unless a very young otter as Chris suggested. Just a=20
thought.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Laurie Murison</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Grand Manan, NB</FONT></DIV>
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Lauff</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, May 23, 2010 9:51 =
AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Mystery =
creature=20
found in northern Ontario</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>That was my first impression as well. The one view =
seems to=20
show odd teeth for an otter (or anything), though perhaps they aren't =
teeth or=20
they are loose and therefore misaligned?
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Randy<BR><BR>
<DIV class=3Dgmail_quote>On 22 May 2010 19:44, Christopher Majka <SPAN =
dir=3Dltr><<A=20
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href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</A>></=
SPAN>=20
wrote:<BR>
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class=3Dgmail_quote>
<DIV style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word">It's pretty clearly a juvenile =
river=20
otter (<I>Lontra canadensis</I>). It must have been lying dead for =
some time=20
with its face in the water so that the fur on the front of the head =
became=20
loosened and fell away.
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Cheers,</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Chris
<DIV>
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<DIV class=3Dh5><BR>
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<DIV>On 22-May-10, at 6:16 PM, Angela Joudrey* wrote:</DIV><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite">Is anyone following this story? Any=20
thoughts?<BR><BR>
<DIV><STRONG><A=20
=
href=3D"http://news.sympatico.ctv.ca/home/contentposting?feedname=3DCTV-T=
OPSTORIES_V3&showbyline=3DTrue&date=3Dtrue&newsitemid=3DCTVNe=
ws%2F20100521%2Fmystery-creature-ontario-100521"=20
rel=3Dnofollow target=3D_blank>Mystery surrounds creature found in =
Ont. creek=20
| Sympatico.ca News</A></STRONG> </DIV><A=20
href=3D"http://news.sympatico.ctv.ca"=20
target=3D_blank>news.sympatico.ctv.ca</A><BR><BR>Two nurses not =
from the=20
area were hiking and their dogs drug this out of the lake. It was =
a=20
waterlogged, partially bald 'creature'. They took a few photos and =
continued on their way. Once they had time to think about it and =
realized=20
they had no idea what it was and went back to get it, it was gone. =
All=20
that is left is the photos that they have=20
=
released.<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV