Speaking of the intelligence of ferrets, in the summer of 2000, I stayed at my friend's place in New York. He's been the happy owner of ferrets over several years. One morning while he was at work, I thought I would give his two fuzzies, Barnabus and Akira, free reign of the apartment. So I did. They always, as expected, have a ball, when let out of the cage. Now, beside the sofa that I was sitting on, there is a table, where on top, was kept, the box of jogis. Believe me, they know where it is, and I always find Akira, practically climbing into the box, to get at the contents, so I pick him up and place him down away from the table in question. However, it seemed to be his sole purpose, to get into the box. Now, Barnabus, had discovered my leg, and drew my attention, by knicking it, which usually he wasn't prone to do. but as I was drawn to Barnabus, preoccupied with my leg. I heard a curious little sound, at my side and looked over to notice Akira having crawled back into the box of yogis. So naturally I'm wondering, if 2 or more ferrets have the intelligence, to conspire, or was the leg-biting incident and the box of yogi incident merely coincidental? Somehow I believe in the conspiracy theory, with amusement. Has anyone else on the list, had similar stories. Since then, sadly, Barnabus had passed on. My friend's ferrets were the 1st ferrets I had ever encountered, and since then, fuzzies are always a favorite of mine, and have a place in my heart, and are always entertaining. Sincerly, J [Posted in FML issue 3587]