Anonymous wrote:
>A friend asked if I ever heard of ferrets being blood suckers. I said:
>"No, it probably is a wise tail." To my amazement this was on the
>internet. "They rarely devour the animals which they attack, but kill
>them and suck their blood. Their slender bodies enable them to enter
>burrows, but unless muzzled the ferrets are apt to leave their victims
>behind after sucking their blood."
>
>Found on this page:
> http://www.petpages.com/Community/DisplayStory.asp?id=305
>
> [SF]
Well, I don't know if it is an Old Wives' Tale, but it sure is an
Incompetent Staff Writer's Tale, and IT IS NOT THE ONLY MAJOR ERROR
IN ONLY 8 PARAGRAPHS.
If this is a representative sample for that site then forget using a
grain of salt and use a boulder instead.
This reminds me of when I was an undergrad and the girlfriend of one
of my friends, who was employed by a major encyclopedia company, wanted
me to provide her with the content for a section on volcanos because I
was taking primarily geology and biology courses. Would it not have
made a lot more sense for her to find an actual expert like at least
one Physical Geologist or a Volcanologist? They weren't exactly hiding.
And, no, I did NOT provide her with info beyond telling her who to
contact instead of me. She also suffered from ISWS (Incompetent Staff
Writer Syndrome) which can lead to ISWT.
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 6097]
