"ARE YOU MY MOTHER?" - Muskrat

December 03, 2024  •  Leave a Comment

"ARE YOU MY MOTHER?"

Muskrat - 6 Photos

 

Have used the title of the book for young children by P.D. Eastman, "Are You My Mother" but there's probably no doubt here that these interactions in the photos below are of a mother muskrat & her offspring.

 

Usually there is a challenge over log space among members of a muskrat family, generally one giving way for the other. With the exception of males in the Spring fighting for females, muskrats appear to prefer to give way or "go with the flow". (I've included a photo (Photo #6) taken Spring 2023 of two (I assume) male muskrats going at it face to face, with teeth displayed, over mating rights. Although small in stature, you definitely would not want to provoke a muskrat who decided to take the fight over flight action.)

 

But Photo #1 through Photo #5 only show a gentleness of a youngster trying to gain his/her mother's attention. You can see the difference in sizes & colourings, even in the photo taken just at sunset (Photo #5). And mother/offspring relationship aside, when it comes to food, there is no sharing when little ones are big enough to find their own. 

 

PHOTO #1

PHOTO #2

PHOTO #3

PHOTO #4

PHOTO #5

PHOTO #6

 

 


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