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Title	Fisher
Alternative Title	Martes pennanti
Contact	mailto:nctcimages@fws.gov
Creator	USFWS
Description	A fisher is photographed at night while trying to take bait. Fishers are opportunistic predators that hunt exclusively in forested habitats where prey is abundant and vulnerable to capture. Their diverse diet includes birds, porcupines, snowshoe hare, squirrels, mice, shrews, voles, reptiles, insects, carrion, vegetation, and fruit. Their name is misleading since fishers do not actually catch fish. The name may have come from early European settlers who noted the fisher's similarity to the European polecat which was variously known as a fitchet or fitchew.
Subject	Mammals Wildlife viewing
Publisher	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Date of Original	2011-03-31
Type	Still Image
Format	JPG
Item ID	5577313616_6d0cd13aa0_b
Source	NCTC Image Library
Rights	Public Domain
File Size	713650 Bytes
Height	804
Width	1024
Color Space	RGB
Full resolution	Volume237/5577313616_6d0cd13aa0_b.jpg http://digitalmedia.fws.gov/FullRes/natdiglib/Volume237/5577313616_6d0cd13aa0_b.jpg
Date created	2011-05-11
Date modified	2014-12-22