# Mink Zombies!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mink-zombies/926847>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 30, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mink-zombies/926847 "2020-11-30T19:18:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mink-zombies/926847/1 "2020-11-30T19:18:11Z")

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You are reading this headline correctly

> **[Denmark to dig up thousands of dead mink after carcasses emerge from mass...](https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/30/europe/denmark-dead-mink-dug-up-scli-intl/index.html?fbclid=IwAR1PXO2hIRFZfpiMdZDAvtTfh0O3mHFo2Wlx0LAPno0MgkxMmC7nf3zNOEY)**
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> Denmark plans to dig up thousands of dead mink culled to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, after the animals started to rise out of their mass graves.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mink-zombies/926847/2 "2020-11-30T19:50:43Z")

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They rose to the surface through TWO METERS of soil?

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**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mink-zombies/926847/3 "2020-11-30T19:53:16Z")

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This is so 2020. As if zombie tropical storms weren’t bad enough.

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**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mink-zombies/926847/4 "2020-11-30T21:15:02Z")

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Barf.

The article states the dead minks bloated with gases. With a high water table, apparently they “floated” to the surface.

I recommend a tree chipper, and just grind 'em up!

Will we have waves of new infection, since apparently this is a mutated coronavirus? Will people break out in fur coats?

~VOW

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mink-zombies/926847/5 "2020-12-01T06:16:35Z")

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So will fur coats be the new COVID shortage? At least they’re not as necessary as toilet paper.

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**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mink-zombies/926847/6 "2020-12-01T06:28:46Z")

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> [@VOW](#):
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> I recommend a tree chipper, and just grind 'em up!

Oooh, good idea. Let’s take thousands of decaying corpses, and do an open-air liquefaction. That won’t spew unimaginable horrors into the wind for all to enjoy.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mink-zombies/926847/7 "2020-12-01T16:29:15Z")

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Hey, fur on the bum sounds weirdly pleasant.😋

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mink-zombies/926847/8 "2020-12-01T16:33:04Z")

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Bad old joke:

Bear: “Hey, rabbit, do you have problems with poop sticking to your fur?”  
Rabbit: “No, why?”  
Bear: “Excellent.” _grabs rabbit, heads off to take a poop_