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Give a mink a fish ... (Original Post) sl8 Dec 2018 OP
AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! bluestarone Dec 2018 #1
Aawww! How kind of the fisherman... 3catwoman3 Dec 2018 #2
Ha! That little critter can scoot. I guess the drive through is open. dameatball Dec 2018 #3
So very sweet UpInArms Dec 2018 #4
Poor thing must be starving! TygrBright Dec 2018 #5
My first thought was thank goodness some @sshole wasn't wearing the cute little fella MLAA Dec 2018 #6
...and the Internet will squee for the day. DRoseDARs Dec 2018 #7
Very cute. nt tblue37 Dec 2018 #8
At the end of the video the man says (translated to English)... debsy Dec 2018 #9
Getting eaten alive is par for the course if you're a fish. hay rick Dec 2018 #13
indeed! debsy Dec 2018 #15
That might make ice fishing bearable!! LakeArenal Dec 2018 #10
Unusually satisfying. Crutchez_CuiBono Dec 2018 #11
The mink probably observed that where there were ice fishermen there were fish, The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #12
The fisherman was expecting some kind of gesture of thanks DFW Dec 2018 #14
I think those two have met before. Laffy Kat Dec 2018 #16
You know it Brother Buzz Dec 2018 #18
He knows where the fishing is good. keithbvadu2 Dec 2018 #17

TygrBright

(20,783 posts)
5. Poor thing must be starving!
Tue Dec 25, 2018, 06:33 PM
Dec 2018

Hard to imagine a critter as assiduously hunted/trapped as a mink willingly approaching a human except in near-extremity!

interestedly,
Bright

debsy

(531 posts)
9. At the end of the video the man says (translated to English)...
Tue Dec 25, 2018, 07:21 PM
Dec 2018

"Thank you! You're welcome" lol... Funny how we think of the mink being happy but think nothing of the fish he was given to eat alive! Merry Christmas, everyone!

hay rick

(7,690 posts)
13. Getting eaten alive is par for the course if you're a fish.
Tue Dec 25, 2018, 08:43 PM
Dec 2018

Hard to imagine that dangling on a hook before being snapped up by a bigger fish is a less unkind fate. Merry Christmas!

LakeArenal

(28,909 posts)
10. That might make ice fishing bearable!!
Tue Dec 25, 2018, 07:23 PM
Dec 2018

Joke... I live in Central WI. Ice fishing loved. By some... Not me...

Mink is cute as heck.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(116,122 posts)
12. The mink probably observed that where there were ice fishermen there were fish,
Tue Dec 25, 2018, 08:23 PM
Dec 2018

and decided to try begging. It worked, so the mink comes back for more.

DFW

(54,593 posts)
14. The fisherman was expecting some kind of gesture of thanks
Tue Dec 25, 2018, 10:37 PM
Dec 2018

At the end, he says, "fine, so you're welcome."

Brother Buzz

(36,524 posts)
18. You know it
Wed Dec 26, 2018, 04:24 AM
Dec 2018

And I suspect it visits all the fishermen. Even money says the fishermen affectionately named it, 'The moocher'.

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