Caption

Hunting is no easy task for the European polecat (Mustela putorius) when the snow cover is closed, snow, winter, cold, frost, snowfall, Denmark

Date

Jan 06, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Schulz Helge

Reference

BRK26A54_370

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NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

80,6Mb (3,7Mb) / 14,4in x 21,7in / 4333 x 6500 (300dpi)

Keywords

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