Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 10:08:14 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <3dbbdf46-c850-3805-6ca9-a4f8041fa4c1@example.net> References: <68718613-d60f-a88a-4191-404acc1ed82d@example.net> <3a416c2c-ac2e-686b-3357-8a12c8b29181@example.net> <068213f4-0fe4-4fe0-c912-60d5a8d89c54@example.net> <360f0496-c91c-ff94-e49a-10b88cc4a25d@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1050957"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:61614 On Tue, 3 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote: > On Mon, 2 Dec 2024 21:40:48 +0100, D wrote: > > >> A mink? But they are tiny! Was there anything left after you removed the >> skin? I saw a mink once in the country side in sweden. He had a death >> wish and tried to run out in front of my car, but I think he survived. > > I had no intention of eating it but after I realized what I had hit I > wanted to tan the hide and give my girlfriend a mink. This was in the '60s > before fur became anathema. Mink are in the Mustelidae family which have a This it not good. I thought about getting a fur collar for my coat only to provoke woke:ist! ;) I also have a nice MAGA hat that I imported from the US waiting for me in Sweden, which I will proudly wear when I go to the super market to see if it can generate some socialist tears. ;) > common characteristic of anal scent glands. I never skinned a skunk but I > assume it would be a similar experience. Before DNA analysis, skunks were > included in the family ultil they were moved to their own. > > afaik, there are no skunks in Europe but you're not missing anything. > There are a pair of skunks that show up here sometimes looking for cat > food. Cats are smarter than dogs and ignore them and if I go out on the > deck the skunks politely waddle off. I saw a skunk once when I was 7 or so (on a trip in the US) and I tried to pet it, but the skunk had other ideas and walked away. There was no spraying! ;) > >> I also saw a weasel in a huge park close to where I live. He was >> confused, >> because he had his winter clothing on, and it happened to be a day in >> the winter without snow, so easy to spot him. > > We have varying hares (snowshoe rabbits) that do the same. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowshoe_hare > > One fall I was coming out of the woods on a full moon night when I saw one > in its white phase sitting on a black rock outcropping. He might as well > have had a flashing neon sign. I'd seen some cruising owls so I wished him > the best of luck. > > I don't know what triggers the change. I was coming down from a 10,000' > peak and there wasn't even any snow there yet. The mysteries of nature. Amount of light or temperature perhaps? Individual differences to those factors?