A person has to wonder how much LESS of a predator of flightless birds
the ferrets/polecats would have become if they hadn't put up "free
lunch here" advertising lights, perhaps teaching the ferrets a very
problematic behavior now that it has been learned.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/4204928a14335.html
>Anyone who has ever watched the Discovery Channel will know how much
>infrared photography has become essential to the study of nocturnal
>animals. Not only documentary makers, but research scientists and
>threatened species managers use infrared lighting to render their
>subjects visible on the darkest nights.
>
>But although this long-wavelength form of light is completely
>invisible to humans, it can't necessarily be assumed that other
>species are oblivious to it. Now, a Waikato University masters student
>has found evidence that ferrets - among the worst of New Zealand's
>mammalian pests - are able to detect a frequency of radiation often
>used to illuminate the nests of endangered species such as kakapo and
>black stilt. ...
It is interesting to see further evidence of ferret's vision working
well in low light, and also finding that they see in infrared light.
Sukie (not a vet)
Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/http://ferrethealth.org/archive/http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.htmlhttp://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/http://www.ferretcongress.org/http://www.trifl.org/index.shtmlhttp://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
[Posted in FML 5734]
