In a bulletin board far far away in a time long long ago, a similar
discussion arose.  One of the people wrote Ms. McCaffrey and ask her if
she had ferrets in mind when she wrote about fire lizards and Pern.
Unfortunately, she replied that she really had cats in mind for a model.
<sigh>  To me, ferrets are still fire lizards in discuise.
 
Dick B.
[Posted in FML issue 2659]