Fascinating Facts About Fisher
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Fishers, also known as fisher cats, are agile, solitary North American mammals with a long, slender body, short legs, and a bushy tail
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They are known for their ability to climb trees and hunt porcupines, despite their name, they do not hunt fish
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Fishers are excellent climbers, thanks to their long, slender bodies, short legs, and retractable claws
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They are also able to turn their back feet nearly 180 degrees, making them one of the few mammals able to climb head-first down trees
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They are primarily solitary animals, except during their brief mating season in late winter
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They are most active during the dawn and dusk hours of the day. Fishers are one of the few animals that eat porcupines
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They circle their prickly prey until it's exhausted, then repeatedly snap at its face with their sharp teeth until it dies
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Fishers are found in mixed coniferous forests with heavy tree-canopy cover in Canada and the US
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