Minks amadziwika ndi ubweya wawo wamtengo wapatali. Pali mitundu iwiri ya oimira banja la weasel: American and European. Kusiyana pakati pa abale kumatengedwa ngati matupi osiyanasiyana, mtundu, mawonekedwe amano ndi kapangidwe ka chigaza. Minks amakonda kukhala pafupi ndi matupi amadzi. Samangosambira ndikutsika mwabwino kwambiri, komanso amatha kuyenda pansi pamtsinje kapena munyanja. North America imawerengedwa kuti ndi malo okondedwa a mink yaku America.
Maonekedwe a zinyama
Mink zaku America zimakhala ndi matupi otalikirana, makutu otambalala, obisika bwino kuseri kwa ubweya wandiweyani wa chinyama ndi mphuno yopapatiza. Nyamazo zili ndi maso owoneka ngati mikanda yakuda. Zinyama zili ndi miyendo yayifupi, tsitsi lolimba komanso losalala lomwe silimalola kunyowa m'madzi. Mtundu wa nyama umatha kusiyanasiyana mpaka kufiyira mpaka bulauni yofiirira.
Ubweya wa mink waku America sukusintha chaka chonse. Miyezi 12 yonse tsitsi limakhala lolimba ndi chovala chamkati chakuda. M'magulu ambiri am'banjamo, banga loyera limawoneka pansi pa mlomo wapansi, womwe mwa anthu ena umadutsa pachifuwa kapena pamimba. Kutalika kwakukulu kwa mink ndi 60 cm, kulemera kwake ndi 3 kg.
Moyo ndi zakudya
American mink ndi mlenje wabwino kwambiri yemwe amasangalala pamtunda komanso m'madzi. Thupi laminyewa limakupatsani mwayi wopeza nyama yolimba osachilola kutuluka mwamphamvu. Ndizodabwitsa kuti olusa samatha kuwona bwino, ndichifukwa chake amakhala ndi mphamvu yakununkhira, yomwe imawalola kusaka ngakhale mumdima.
Nyama pafupifupi sizimakonzekeretsa nyumba zawo, zimakhala m'mabowo a anthu ena. Ngati mink yaku America ikhazikika mnyumba yatsopano, idzamenyera nkhondo owukira onse. Nyama zimateteza nyumba zawo pogwiritsa ntchito mano akuthwa ngati zida. Zinyama zimatulutsanso fungo losasangalatsa lomwe limatha kuwopseza adani.
Zowononga sizisankha za chakudya ndipo zimatha kudya zakudya zosiyanasiyana. Zakudyazo zimakhala ndi nyama zazing'ono komanso mbalame zazikulu. American mink amakonda kudya nsomba (nsomba, minnow), crayfish, achule, makoswe, tizilombo, komanso zipatso ndi mbewu za mitengo.
Kubereka
Kumayambiriro kwa Marichi, amuna amapita kukasaka akazi. Wamphongo wankhanza kwambiri amatha kukwatirana ndi osankhidwayo. Nthawi yobereka mwa mkazi imakhala mpaka masiku 55, chifukwa, kuyambira ana 3 mpaka 7 amabadwa. Ana amatenga mkaka wa mayi kwa miyezi iwiri. Ndi wamkazi yekha amene amatenga nawo gawo polera ana.
