#dead mink

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Bodies of culled mink resurface after burial over coronavirus mutation in Denmark

Bodies of culled mink resurface after burial over coronavirus mutation in Denmark

Some of the thousands of mink culled to minimize the risk of them re-transmitting the new coronavirus to humans have risen from their shallow graves in western Denmark after gases built up inside the bodies, Danish authorities said Thursday.

“The gases cause the animals to expand and in the worst cases, the mink get pushed out of the ground,” Jannike Elmegaard of the Danish Veterinary and Food…

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it’s late at night so i will very quietly post this photo of a dead animal i found on my walk today.

looking at it, i’m pretty sure this is a mink? i’ve never seen any around here before so it struck me as odd, but some googling supports the idea that it might have been an american mink.

can anyone confirm?