>From: matan rosenstrauch <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: where are ferrets from???
 
hi matan,
although there is no proof, I think ferrets were a subspecies of the
English polecat...something about the polecat and some other species
breeding, and producing the outcome: ferrets.
 
there has never been a ferret colony anywhere in the world, ever...even
the record books say this.  It's because that they've been domesticated
for over 3000 years, and most ferrets have lost nearly all of their
preditory instincts.
 
darrin, bandit, and chili pepper
[Posted in FML issue 3388]