Today in Muskrat Love
The one lay nearly motionless on a rock, I suspect injured. The other (also injured) was busy trying to cover its mate (they are seasonally monogamous) before one of the many predators in the area spotted it. Just about anything will grab a Muskrat.
The one lay nearly motionless on a rock, I suspect injured. The other (also injured) was busy trying to cover its mate (they are seasonally monogamous) before one of the many predators in the area spotted it. Just about anything will grab a Muskrat.
The more mobile of the two scurried back and forth, only giving me one brief look as she worked. Muskrats are highly territorial and I suspect these two were on the losing end of what had to be an epic battle with another pair. The one could barely move.