Found in different parts of the world including North America, Canada, Northern Europe, and Russia, minks are important to the economy. These animals eat rodents and other kinds of animals that carry diseases reducing the risk of sickness and diseases on the world. Minks are medium sized semi-aquatic mammals that can be found in any grassy area, forests and by the banks of rivers, streams, lakes, and marshes. The mink population has declined greatly due to lack of conservation, contamination in the water systems, and pesticides found in their natural habitats (Butfiloski, J. N.D.).
Male and female minks are relatively the same but with minor differences between the two. The male has a complete body length of 33-43cm while a female reaches anywhere from 30-40cm in length. The tails of these creatures can be quite long in relation with the body, the males tail can reach 15-23cm in length and a females tail lies between 12-20cm. In comparison to weight with these creatures, a male mink is much larger than a female weighing from approximately 680-2,310 grams while the females weigh approximately 790-1.089 grams ("Description," 2003-2013).
These animals are covered from head to toe in dark brown, almost black fur that people describe as silky, luxurious, and soft. A mink has two different kind of furs, one known as guard hair, and the other as underfur hair; guard hair helps the mammal stay dry where the underfur helps keep them warm. Minks lose their coat twice a year depending on the season to help them adapt better to the environment; during the months of fall, the dark brown fur is present with thicker hair for heat while in the spring months that coat is replaced with a thinner, lighter coat ("Gross Anatomy," "Fur,"...
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...e the food to eat it later on and feed to their children when young.
This dissection is used to gain a basic understanding of the anatomy and how the mink relates to the human and how the body and all of the organs, bones, and muscles of the mink are used in the body as it is in humans. This dissection will consist of two pairs of scissors, a double ended probe and needle, probes, dissecting tray, steel probe, forceps, preservative, gloves, apron, goggles, paper towels, dissecting microscope, scalpel, dish soap, 409 degreaser, a bag used for storage, a label and hand soap.
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A Mink is a Carnivore found in many parts of the world. Two animals are branched out of the name “Mink”, there is the American Mink and the European Mink. The differences between these two animals include that the American Mink is larger in addition the difference can be seen in their skulls as the American Mink has a mandible that attaches to the rest of the skull differently than the European Mink allowing for greater range of motion ones it will bite. The American Mink is a semiaquatic mammal in the Mustelidae family. The mink has a long slender body and had long thick shaggy tail.
Minks and humans share various common characteristics because of their common roots in the animal kingdom. Both Human and Mink species are classified as Animalia Chordata Mammalia until they are separated by order, Humans being primates and Minks being in the order carnivora. It is because of their common roots that they have similar muscles types with similar functions, which help them survive and function throughout their individual habitats.
On the second stage of development the minks are 10 weeks old they learn how to hunt. By fall, the minks leave their mother and start an independent life. They will mainly hunt snakes, rabbits, frogs, birds, mice and other small animals. Minks spend most of their time in the water. These creatures live on empty logs, or in a hole near the water.
The American Mink (Mustela Vison) is a small, short haired animal belonging to the Mustelidae family. Much similar to a ferret in appearance the mink has short legs, short hair, a long tail, and a long sleek body with a long neck. It also has a small face, with small features, such as ears, a mouth, a nose and a pair of eyes. This report is consisted of a comprehensive commentary about the differences in the respiratory system between the mink and a human.
Over Hunting during the Fur Trade is evident, and resulted in the near extinction of some animals popular for furs, such as Beaver, Mink, O...
Today, in common culture, people expect their food right when they want it. Food takes time. It takes time to grow, in a paper by Steve Sexton called “The Inefficiency of Local Food” he claims that Idaho produces 30 percent of the countries potatoes. These potatoes take time to grow. They cannot just be magically grown. They need water, sunlight, and rich soil. People tend to forget this when thinking about their favorite foods. All they can think of is devouring these delectable foods. These foods also
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food. They had a war club with also was made for war and hunting was made out of a stone
A mink is a good specimen to study the human anatomy because it is so closely related in internal features to that of a human being. Since these features are so closely related it provides a sort of “model” that can be used in order to better understand the anatomy of humans.
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In Labs 22 through 26, my lab partner and I were assigned a fetal pig to perform a dissection on in order to understand anatomy, the study of an organism’s structure1, and physiology, the study of the functions and activities of a living organism2. Throughout these labs, we studied the structure of the fetal pig and performed experiments to understand four system processes: digestion, cardiovascular, respiratory, and excretory. Dissecting an organism, physically moving and seeing the different portions of the organism, especially of a fetal pig, is very important. This helps in the understanding of the skeletal structure and what series of physical and chemical processes the mammalian species body performs in order to survive.
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The first step was to obtain the White Rat and to tie it in the supine position, anterior surface facing up in side the dissection pan. To tie the animal, we used butcher’s twine and secured the front and hinds legs using a “lasso” technique, careful not touch the sharp claws. To make the first insicion I had to locate the Xifoid Process of the rat (distal aspect of the sternum). Once I had located the Xifoid Process, I had to use forceps to pull the skin of the animal’s abdomen up and use the scissors to cut. The first incision is made from stem to sternum, cutting through the errectos abdomen muscle down to the groin. The second incision ion is perpendicular to the first below the diaphragm. Because of this technique we were able to open the abdominal cavity first. The third and forth incisions were made bilaterally above the legs. The last two incisions were made in upside down “V” shape on the collarbone, to expose the thoracic cavity. This dissection was both sharp, because of the use of the scissors and scapel and blunt because of the use of the probe and forceps to move organs and skin to expose other organs not yet identified.
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