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Young Muskrat Feeding on Cattails

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This young muskrat, probably about 2 months old, is still living with its family, but on its own as far as feeding itself. Typically, muskrats eat a variety of aquatic vegetation as well as an occasional clam, frog, crayfish or fish. This particular muskrat dines almost exclusively on cattails. Getting at the choicest part of these plants, the roots and inner stems, requires some serious digging in the mud, which is evident from the muskrat’s face in one of the photographs. Long nails on their front feet equip these rodents for this arduous task.

July 23, 2012 | Categories: Animal Diets, Carnivores, Diets, Herbivores, July, Mammals, Muskrats, Omniovres, Rodents | Tags: , , , , , | 2 Comments