>Opposable thumbs-- Culy doesn't have opposable thumbs, but he does have
>incredibly long fingers and divergent thumbs, which I don't think ferrets
>are supposed to have.  Evolution in process?  It certainly does give him a
>power grip.
 
I've noticed that my silver mitt, Pepper, has long fingers and an
almost-opposable thumb, too.  And he's *quite* the climber and hangs onto
things with his "hands" in an almost-human way.  Kinda scarey ...  think of
what they would be capable of!  O_O Mine have already been trying to open my
desk drawers ... when two cooperate they get them open just fine.  *sigh*
 
--Barb--
 
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Barbara Carlson                   Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA
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Thought for the day:
    If "boring women have immaculate homes," I must be very interesting!
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[Posted in FML issue 1506]