Sean came to me with an odd question... especially for an autstic individual. He looked up at me, and asked: "How does ferrets cry, mommy?" I was completely caught off guard. He wouldn't understand depression, etc that ferrets can get. He might not understand complex emotions or complex social expressions of any sort. So it was hard to think up anything at all. Luckily, Ping was asleep twitching and dreaming with an actual "tear" in his eye. I quickly showed him, that he was "crying" as he must have been dreaming about something sad (rather than his eye was just watering). He seemed relieved to know that they "could" actually cry. I was wondering... whether it's an explanation for Sean or all of us, How do you all think ferrets cry? Wolfy Please visit: http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv/ for information on ferret deafness: http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv [Posted in FML issue 3252]