But don't tell those of the Catholic faith who live in Detroit. A special dispensation there allows them to consume muskrat during Lent, when meat-eating is prohibited. Because it is a water-dweller, the muskrat is considered to be in the same category as fish. (And it's said to taste like duck. Yum.)
These three photos were recently taken by motion-sensitive camera at the edge of a wetland. The muskrat is seen with a mouthful of vegetation in all but one of the several pictures I got. Hard to say if that's dinner, or something to line a birthing den. From what I read, this is right around the time when muskrat kits are born. Litters range from six to eight, and a healthy female has two or three litters a year.
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