Meet the Fisher
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- Опубліковано 19 тра 2024
- Richard Roth brings his Creature Teachers to White Memorial Conservation Center. Richard introduces a variety of native animals commonly seen in our backyards to the Conservation Center in this one hour presentation aimed at familiarizing you with your neighbors! Some of the animals which may appear today are a flying squirrel, woodchuck, box turtle, gray fox, and even a fisher! Learn more about Creature Teachers www.thecreatureteachers.com
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A visit from this guy would have been the best day of the school year
Diversity is very important in nature, this story about porcupines and fishers are just one example of it.
Imagine if teachers could be half as passionate as this guy.
We still are. Bit hard to find these days though. You have to wade through a growing horde of political activists, social justice warriors, and permanent teacher's aids.
Many are.
@@machinech183 it's mostly boring, teach to the test curriculum that is the problem, not activist teachers. Assuming you're not a teacher, at least in a public school in the north east US
Thank you for recording and posting this valuable educational video.
I've seen fishers twice in the woods of northern Wisconsin. The story of one of those times might be of interest here. It was October and I was driving, and saw an old vehicle parked in a field which interested me, so I stopped to look at it. Once there, a snowshoe hare exploded out from behind some junk that was near the old car, and a fisher took off after it. The fisher couldn't match the speed of the hare and lost track of it right away, but after a bit I saw that it was quartering across the field in a different direction from where the hare had run off to. The fisher was headed toward a grove of trees, so hoping to see it again, I ran into a clearing that extended into those trees and started making squeaking noises with my lips (it's a sound that usually arouses the curiosity of predators). About 15 seconds later the fisher came charging out of the trees right toward me. Though I stood perfectly still while doing the squeaking sound, the fisher stopped about 10 feet from me and looked at me, frozen in its tracks for a couple of seconds with an "oh crap" expression on its face, then it took off across the field where I had initially seen it, and then it turned toward the highway. I heard a truck coming down the highway and I started hoping like heck it wouldn't hit the fisher as it ran across the road, because it looked like it was going to be a close call. I lost sight of the fisher as it got closer to the road, but I watched the road and waited, and waited, and waited, and then the truck passed, and THEN the fisher ran across. The fisher was smart enough to wait for the road to be clear before crossing!
Nice story!
Where abouts in Wisconsin…I live in Northern Wi…😊
@@shelleyroe9797 There's two spots I know that Fisher's live and can be seen; one is around Straight Lake Park, but the big wooded area connected to the park, not so much in the park itself....that's right outside of Luck, WI. The other spot I know where it's even easier to see one is in the boonies sorta between Rice Lake and Cumberland....there's a wooded area that has two little bitty lakes named Kirby Lake and Kelly Lake, and there's loads of wildlife back there, including one area with Fishers and some other martens. I cross country in that area and on one particular route, I've got about a 25% chance of seeing a Fisher back there. This last Winter I either saw a wolverine over by that Fisher spot, or it was like the biggest Fisher ever. I had my dog with me and decided not to stick around and meet him...
@@chonqmonk That interesting…Thank you for sharing. Wolverine 😳…That would be waay cool and terrifying. My mom has a cabin and my Aunt & Uncle live in Solon Springs, Wi on Lake St. Croix.
Maybe 15-20 yrs ago, Family was out @ mom’s cabin, gathered outside scattered around the yard visiting; that are is Full of wildlife, seen many a bear, trillions of deer, and the Bald Eagles 🦅 make my day 🥰-anyway, mom noticed an animal walking over to the “party” and she didn’t know what it was and my uncle told her it was a Fisher…I had no idea what one was when she mentioned seeing the one at the cabin. Mom said he lingered a bit and eventually left…
Years later I learned how ferocious they can be while on the hunt or encountering another animal…😬🫣…I would love to see one frolicking through the forest, but at a safe distance or on Marty Stoffer’s: Wild America…😉😂😂
That is such a cool story! I was blessed to see one when I lived in a Ossineke michigan, ..my old and mostly deaf 13 year old dog was at the edge of my lawn against my woods going back and forth and I figured it was a coon or something out there, so I didn't want her getting into a fight with a coon so I ran out there to grab her and when I looked about 10 ft off into the woods there was this weird animal with a long tail.... I just grabbed my dog up and ran inside and then I looked up what it could have been and the only thing it could have been is a fisher... I did go back outside after I got my dog in and was able to hear this thing making the weirdest sound as it went up the power line..... It to me it sounded like the cross between a raccoon and a deer snorting😆
They're basically like miniature wolverines.
Exactly
They certainly smell as bad.
The fisher is just a giant marten, and martens are the closest relatives of the wolverine.
That’s exactly what I was thinking…..
Bob cat was in the classroom and wondering.. hmmmm..🤔
I have had the pleasure watching a Fischer on our property in Wisconsin during bowhunting. Interesting smart creature.
I could listen to this guy all day.
All members of the Mustelid family are highly intelligent, quick, fearless, and fierce.
If weasels were the size of Dobermans, we humans would have to fight for our survival.
AND ADORABLE!!! Fierce but furry! I want to pet her!
square cube law might kick into action there. A wolverine isn't much smaller than a Doberman, but it's no threat to humans.
What's the square cube law? Is it for weight?
@@matthewbaumann630 speed and fierceness
@@EternalModerate No threat to humans. Don't f*ck with em though! Wolverines have murked polar bears!! Bit their throat & held on til it suffocated.
Have the pleasure of seeing a big male frequently on the trail cam in the woods behind my house. Always so fascinating to watch. Incredibly agile and intelligent. The local grey foxes always clear out whenever he shows up.
Listening to this guy was fascinating. I'd love to hear that full hour presentation.
If you can attend our Family Nature Day Sept. 28th you certainly will be able to attend an hour-long program by Creature Teachers. He is a wonderful teacher and works with amazing animal ambassadors. Hope you can attend! Go to our website to learn more about our programs www.whitememorialcc.org.
Agreed!
I would too.
Agreed!
As a ferret owner since 1986, they all have the "squirmy gene" haha. Cheers from Canada.
I'm convinced all ferret owners run out of ferret vids to watch on UA-cam eventually and branch out to watching every mustelid video in existence
@@sieltan5618 - Not a ferret owner but I do love mustelid videos! How can one not love those types of vids? LOL...
This guy has insane lecturing skills, man he has the perfect tonation and tempo. perfect dramatic pauses. everything sound interesting. should be a voice actor for learning and lecturing tools online.
hope this helps
As an owner of two ferrets, I can defiantly see the family resemblance, especially that gushing inquisitive nature!
That Fisher was bigger than I thought it was gonna be,never seen one in the wild but I never knew they ate porcupines!
What a beautiful, amazing animal. She is very impressive
Saw a huge male just yesterday in Hiawatha National Forest in Michigan’s U.P. They’re elusive, for sure, so it was a treat to see it cross my path (from a safe distance). That bugger is ready for winter and must have been about 30-35 lbs. Only the second I’ve ever seen around here, so it was an experience for me, even though I live in the forest six months out of the year. Pine martens I see all the time and are the opposite in demeanor - playful and curious little things. This dude I was glad to maintain between us, a nice distance.
Male fishers max out at 16 lbs. I think you have misjudged its weight. a 35 lbs fisher is the size of a male wolverine! Maybe you have seen a wolverine?
This guy rocks, I love his dedication and passion for wildlife and the fisher cat! He explained so well the important balance of predator and prey relationships.
Wow. Thats amazing. Didn't know you could even handle a born domestic Fisher like that.
I have a sudden abundance of them at my land in wny . Had one try to come up my tree during archery to investigate me. They are fascinating I’ve got to watch one for about an hour play in a pine tree. He would climb the tree to top in a second then jump and ride the branches all the way to the ground over and over and over again.
Thank you for the lecture. More people need to learn about Fishers.
A rabid male Fisher at full size and pissed off was one of my only concerns when I went into the woods in Maine.
Vicious and smart.
"Everything grows bigger in Maine."
Their scream is frightening too
hahaha Texan keep saying that too about Texas.
Yeah, you including all the fat arses.
🦟
This feels like my spirit animal.
I love this. Fishers need more attention and people need to be more educated about them, myself included. Amazing creatures. I want your job, sir!!!!
I really respect people who go around showing people the gentleness of otherwise perceived vicious animals.
@AlphaLeader There's a GOOD reason why fisher cats are 'perceived' to be vicious...because they are vicious. Like their cousin, the wolverine, pound-for-pound, just as nasty and awesome a predator as one could imagine. When I was a kid I was tagging along with my dad and some of his friends to go to a Maine pond to do some night fishing for catfish, when we saw what we thought was a dark cat sleeping along the side of the road. One of the guys figured he should lightly kick it (so it wouldn't get run over by a car), and that sucker sprung up and attacked the stunned guy's boot like the animal was in a frenzy. The rest of us all jumped back and watched this 10+/- pound female put some SERIOUS marks in this guy's boot (good thing his boot was rugged, BTW, or he could have done a LOT of damage to his ankle). Then after it did its thing, the fisher ran off into the woods, while we all just stood there in awe.
Not saying fishers can't be playful, but vicious is DEFINITELY an appropriate word to describe this little terror of an animal.
That is because they are vicious, had some fisher cats kill my step dads ducks and chickens. And they were not killed for food, the only damage done to them was their throats were ripped out of their neck and they fisher cat left the bodied there, and didn't even attempt to eat the rest of what it killed.
How do you know it was a fisher cat that did that?
@@saadams4937 bite marks, mouth was too small for a coyote, and too big for a any of the scavengers.
You need to wake up and smell the coffee, quit voting for Biden because the news media tells you to, and face reality. These animals are not gentle. They are perceived to be vicious because they are vicious.
I bet you thought Timothy Treadwell was a great naturalist.
Found one dead on the highway a couple years ago, gave me a good chance to really get a look at it up close, the jaw muscle is remarkable and heavy crushing teeth. Wouldn't want one chewing on my ear.
Awesome video. I got the chance to see one in the woods while hunting last year in upstate NY. It came out of nowhere near a field where I was sitting in a box blind. I only saw it for 2-3 minutes but I felt like it could hear me breathing. It looked in my direction and was gone, pretty cool creatures.
Hi Steve. I've only seen one once in the wild (NW corner CT), it was a split second. A gimps. Great you were able to view that fisher for a few minutes! Enjoy the spring season! Come visit us when you can, a beautiful Sanctuary and nature museum await you here.
I will definitely plan for it. Thanks!
hunting is just another name for animal murder.
Kudos for putting up such educational and entertaining videos!
Never saw anyone handle one before.
The educator handling the fisher acquired her via a breeder (breeding for zoos). This fisher was 8 weeks old when Richard adopted her. She is 3rd generation captive breed. The animal does have her moments, in which case, Richard lets her stay in her carrier and allows the audience to take a peak in. Thanks for your comment earth traveler. Come visit our 4,000 acre nature sanctuary next time you're traveling through the NW corner of CT:-)
I'd love visit. Thanks for posting this and thanks for the invitation. Fishers have always fascinated me.
Theearthtraveler They're evil
xxanqelicxx they're definitely not evil. They're just wild animals.
Definitely not for the untrained. I would be nervous just being in the same room..
I have spent a lot of time with wolves, and when you learn to read their body language, and learn to effectively communicate and gain their trust, it is a great experience.
I wonder if it is possible to be able to do the same with these animals.. There seem to be at least some level of trust between these two, the fisher and her handler.
she is VERY adorable 🥰
Great video for someone like myself who just discovered this animals existence
Thank You for this upload.
I work in Exeter RI. I saw one running across the road one day. I also heard a story that a boy was waiting on the side of the road for his school bus, and a fisher came out of the woods and bit his leg. They seem to be pretty aggressive. I live in the town of Johnston, which is surburban. One of my neighbors said she saw one recently. I hope she's wrong, because I don't want to hear it howling at night, I have enough trouble sleeping as it is. Of course, I'm keeping my cat indoors.
Great teacher!
This was a great video, very informative, clear, enjoyable....I've actually seen a Fisher once, had to do some serious googling to figure out what I even saw...never heard of them until that night, but ever since I've found them intriguing.
I also find them intiguing.
I think i just found my new favourite animal (along with the Beech Marten).
I've seen 3 in Maine in 35 yrs. And I worked in the woods.
"They're opportunistic. They'll eat your cat"
And attack people
We have a huge fisher who actually ate my cat. He snuck out and we found him later all chewed up and we saw the fisher come back and just kinda stick around my cat?
@@khorsemanship they killed all my step dad's ducks and chickens.
@@JohnSmith09123 mine actually ate my cat
@@khorsemanship I know I read your comment, I am just telling you what damage they have done to my step dad's live stock.
They are very thorough and travel down every path. And they can run as fast as I can
Beautiful animal!
Very cool presentation. Would have liked to see the looks on the students' faces when he brought her out of the box!
I’ve seen one of these in my backyard in southern PA! I was very fascinated by it because I’d never seen it before. I thought it was an otter or groundhog but once I got a closer look I identified it as a fisher. He’s a welcome predator with our too many rabbits and squirrels. I did some research and they were first reintroduced in the northern part of the state and finally made their way down here
are you crazy ?? there can never be too many squirrels.
I love this dudes attitude lolol
That fisher is totally gorgeous and I love her 😍
Whoa! The way she blasted outa that cage right onto this guys shoulder WAS impressive! They are very fascinating, especially how he’s able to handle her
Never heard of a Fisher before ! Uni of U Toob does it again ! Thanks
She is beautiful, I just saw one the other day, he ran across the road on my way to Lake Placid NY, I’m sure he was a male as he looked to be about 30 pounds. It made my day to see him as they are a rare sight.
I saw my first one today in the Alabama swamps near Oakfield New York. It was dragging a rabbit across the road. What an amazing site of nature at its finest. Merry Christmas to me
Seeing this animal for the first time. What a beauty. Thank you.
I found one in my backyard in the Bridger foothills in Montana. I lived on 200 acres of woodland and it wasn't unusual to see elk, moose, deer, bears, coyotes and an occasional mountain lion. This incident occurred right behind my house. My two dogs (both German Wirehair Pointers (hunting dogs) were circling around it. I had no idea what it was at the time, but I was wondering if it was a Wolverine as it behaved as I would imagine a Wolverine would. The dogs were barking and trying to get closer and the Fisher kept lunging towards both dogs as they circled around and took turns lunging at each other. The dogs had met their match. If only one dog had been outside, I think things could've gotten bloody. I quickly called off the dogs of course. It was exciting to see this beautiful and ferocious animal that I hadn't realized lived in the mountains near me - just 10 miles outside of Bozeman. I imagine it probably fed on the porcupines in the area.
Update: I should remove this comment, because - Wolverines HAVE been sighted in the Bridger mountains. Therefore, it's quite possible that the animal I observed was in fact a wolverine. If not, it was a very large, very dark brown fisher. I don't recall seeing any markings on it, however it was always facing the dogs and animals do vary in their coloring. I suspect it was a wolverine!
Amazing animal. All members of the species are fearless efficient predators!
I had the good luck to bump into a fisher in Yosemite a few years back. Such beautiful creatures.
Excellent presentation.
They are beautiful to see - during the day! We had one wake us up 2 days ago at dark thirty o'clock with that scream that nightmares come from! We live in Southern Connecticut near the shoreline and have seen them & heard them here for several years.
I don't think fishers (or any other member of the weasel family) are highly vocal. A scream like that is more likely to be from a bobcat, or even a fox. I have read a few different places that the red fox has one of the most terrifying screams in to be heard in the American woods, though apparently it's a very rare thing for them to make that sound.
@@ericl2969 Search it on UA-cam. A real one, not the mistakes.
They scream bloody murder.
I love this- you are that fishers human I see! Grew up in CT, miss it. Before my parents passed- I set up a trail cam- not a particularly wooded area- but across from the river, some apple trees. I caught a fisher on camera! A baby wild bore, and a HUGE coy wolf- in ONE night!! Wow!!
* boar
Oh my gosh!!!
What a handful!!! Wild as can be...and definitely powerful predators.
Part of the weasel family, all of who can punch successfully way above their weight class and are as ferocious as fearless.
Watching this I couldn’t help but think of John Candy. This would make a great comedy bit.
That's what "keystone" animals are all about! Important!
Very cool! What a well behaved Fisher
What a magnificent animal, so beautiful, yet so deadly as a predator. Bigger brother of the pine marten, aka: the adorable assassin. Mustelids are simply amazing!
Interesting video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
I saw a fisher in our camp driveway in northern Vermont, porcupines in that area were everywhere at the time, we had heard, that fish & game had released them to cull the porcupine population. I was also blessed to see a pine Martin in Southwest Colorado while bow hunting elk.
They are so awesome I love them
Awesome....in 40 years living in VT woods I've only seen a fisher several times.
The ultimate forest predator.I have them in my backyard in Northeast Ontario.Awesome.
Wow....I’ve impressed that he has one ! One of the most aggressive and capable animals in the Adirondacks! Squirrel killer even !
Being from across Lake Champlain in the Green Mountains, right in the foothills of Jay Peak, we had loads of fishers. They kill everything. Believe it or not we had a large Maine Coon cat that fought and killed a smaller female Fisher once that weighed about 5-6lbs. It came at her in the woods behind the house and they got to scrapping, and she killed it and dragged it into the yard lol, only sustaining some cuts from the brawl. That cat also killed everything though, the back deck on the house was always littered with mice, squirrel, and bird carcasses. She was a very friendly cat with people, but had a blood lust for other animals.
@OBS Chevy GMT400 My brother’s Maine coon was killed by fisher cat. Yours must be quite the top hunter or it got a juvenile. Fishers are vicious and strong.
They are serious killers birds,pine marten squirrel.they clean the forest of other animals quickly
What a beautiful animal!!!
Dang, I knew they were big but he says the males are 20 lbs heavier, that is BIG. Gorgeous animal!
I live in Litchfield county, right in Torrington, Ct., and I've been encountering the Fisher, including just tonight, one came right up to my front steps and I am not deep in the forest. This is the first time I've ever seen one here in over 47 years. This Fisher tonight was not at all afraid of me and wouldn't leave, I think he/she is after my small dog as I took him on a late night walk.
Thanks for reporting what's up in your area! Take care of your pup! Interesting. What area of town do you live in?
CTWhiteMemorial - A few weeks ago, in the North-End of Torrington, - Lower Newfield Road, right at the bottom, right near the city and also just last night in the West-End, on Culvert Street amid MANY homes we saw them. Very surprising. Also, recently, a Praying Mantis in mid-September eating from a hornet's nest, and all last week and just today, (confirmed) Black Vultures and their babies in Northfield (many of them) in the road eating a dead squirrel.
Thanks for these sightings! Someone has a finger on the pulse of Torrington's natural world:-)
We just saw another one last night in Torrington's west end, up the road from Stop & Shop, HIGH up on Culvert Street near a river at the very top. One came right up onto our front porch and was NOT at all intimidated by me at all like most wild animals their size. I think he/she may be after our little dog?
Maybe .. but you know how to protect your dog:-) The pup is certainly in good hands. Thank you for the notice of sighting! Come to visit our 4,000-acre sanctuary when you can..bring the pup (on leash) ... new sights and smells to be had here. Happy autumn!
I spent a couple of winters in a part of eastern Ontario that has a substantial fisher population. There was a particularly large male fisher that used to travel through the property periodically, leaving front paw prints about 3 inches across.
Cornwall ?
All introduced artificially though. Most of my life they were not in Eastern Ontario.
@@Susrek They were introduced in Muskoka area of Ontario in recent years because people moving into the area and building houses were bothered by their tires being slashed by porcupines. So they introduced fishers to deal with the porcupines to spare the tires and now people’s small pets are being attacked and eaten as well as the occasional attack on a person
What a beautiful animals 😍. What a great video
Wow! Powerful little creature.
This guy is a great presenter.
Seen 1 for the first time 2 weeks ago. I live in North central PA. Tell ya what, I wouldn't let that thing anywhere near my head.
Bravo!Well done Sir. Education is EVERYTHING! Thank you!
Wow, great video!
I have had the opportunity to see a couple fishers in the wild. Pretty cool. Even the treed one that was giving us guff. An old timer use to call them "disappearing black hole's".
I also had a Pine Martin follow me for about five minutes while I was still hunting deer. So cute. And it didn't miss a thing. When a leave rustled it was there checking it out. When it got bored of me I followed it for a while before it took off.
Thanks for sharing your experience! Have a wonder-filled holiday season:-)
What a great job!
Very informative, excellent presenter.
The first time I saw a fisher was in 1974. I was walking in a red pine forest when something I could not quite believe happened. A large animal, close to four feet long ran up a tree as fast as any animal running on flat ground. It disappeared in the trees by the time I got to the tree it ran up. At the base of the tree was a strange site. An ovel patch three feet across on the leaves, at closer examination turned out to be a porcupine skin, quills down, with bones scattered about the area. I've seen maybe four since then, but felt their presence more impactfully with raids on the chicken coop a few times.
Saw a couple run across the street in a wooden area while driving in Attleboro Massachusetts one night.
This guy is so cool. He should do more videos
I'm pretty sure I saw one of these twice in Fredericksburg Virginia. Both times it was early in morning about just about after dawn, at work sites, located in fields that miles long and run between industrial areas. Both times I saw them they can of appeared out of nowhere and immediately melted into the surrounding fields, the ones I saw had black fur and they are pretty need looking and traveled alone. They also were about the same size as this one
Awesome video. Fisher cat is awesome and cute
Just doin a little fisher "research" on youtube and this came up. We have one that eats geese in the pond next door. Yes. Im in Connecticut. 860!! Great presentation.
Amazing animals!
Thank you for posting this I've never ever seen somebody handling a fisher cat
Fascinating and beautiful animal
Great video! We had one in our yard in the Catskills Mountains of NY. It was unfortunately hit by a car, but not before it killed all our neighbors chickens.
Very informative. Thank you.
That is a very brave man.
thank you for the post. i was just less than 20 feet from a massive male that ive been catchin a quick glimpse of for a few years now and it screamed its was to the fence line. definately smell the animal before you see them very distinct. thanks agin for the information
You are welcomed! Thanks for sharing your story!
Very cool, learned a lot.
I wanna know more about that fisher he’s holding! Geez, he’s putting his hand in its mouth like it’s a teddy bear!
Awesome beauty:-)
I am curious as to how they got a fisher as an educational animal. Was she raised in captivity, or was she in the wild and something happened to her mother? How amazing for the kids to get an upclose look at a real fisher!
Very cool I watched the whole video
Richard Roth is one handsome sexy " Bear" Man. Living consciously!! YOU and Richard Karn outta do a tour of Being Conscious in the Forest,Respect for the Animals and the Land,and One another!! Respect and Manner , need to come back in FULL for the Self and Each Other!
Oh wow CT! I've been wanting to learn more about fisher cats cuz I live in CT and they've started telling in my back yard. I thought someone was being murdered; no...just fisher cats! Lol I didn't even know we had porcupines!!!
im glad he noticed how good her winter coat looked
That is a beast of a ferret, I'm pleased we don't have them here in the UK, there would be no wildlife left other than fishers....