The species is one of the few animals that can kill a porcupine.
A carnivore that was hunted to near extinction in the 1800s was possibly spotted dead on the side of the road in Ohio over the weekend.Fishers are North American mammals in the weasel family that resemble a large mink. Considered 'active predators,' fishers hunt in trees, often going after rodents, but they also consume fruits and nuts. They are one of the few species that can kill a porcupine.
'I think it's great that we're starting to see them more and more and get more reports of them in Ohio,' Laurie Brown, a wildlife research technician with the Division of Wildlife, told the Akron Beacon Journal.Fishers could be expanding into Ohio after Pennsylvania conducted a reintroduction program for the species.
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