The Sept 27 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education has an article about
a new biologist faculty at the University of the South in Tennessee.  He
wanted to develop a model of how predators move over terrain to track their
prey.  "So he poured drops of cooking oil in different clusters across the
linoleum and recorded the paths his pet ferrets followed while eating it."
 
The ferrets are mentioned again at the end of the half page article.  He has
4, along with 2 dogs and a large freshwater fish called a cichlid.  So far
only the ferrets have been used in any of his experiments.  "At least not
yet, he says."
 
Linda, Richard, Joy, Belle and Caruso ("Hey let's try that experiment with
raisins!")
[Posted in FML issue 1711]