Re: Mongoose Connection?
>Anyway, before I go off on a tangent about the inadequacies of my
>dictionary, ARE ferrets and mongooses related?  And what about meercats?
 
Check the FML archives.  The URL is included at the top of each FML digest.
The subject of whether or not the mongoose and the ferret are related has
come up a number of times.  Those back posts will give you lots of details.
 
I will quickly say, however, that the two are not in the same family.  They
look similar because they fill similar niches and roles.  You know, the old
addage about form following function.
 
-kim, squirt (yawn!), pippi (zip-zip!), atlas (huh?), 'jinx (lick-nip!),
 and rosie (zoom!)
 
Kimberly Burkard     |             _    Everything I needed to know in life,
Eastman Kodak Company|      _____C .._. I learned from my ferret:
Rochester, New York  | ____/     \___/  Frolic and dance for joy often, have
[log in to unmask]    |<____/\_---\_\    no fear or worries, and enjoy life.
[Posted in FML issue 2727]