This may have been mentioned before on the FML, but after reading the Harry Potter books all over for the third time (I am really bored over the summer) I noticed that J.K. Rowling uses ferrets in the series quite a lot. Before when I read the books the other times I hadn't yet become so consumed with ferrets so I didn't really notice. *In the second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, when Mr. Weasley speaks of his day at work to his family, he mentions that there was a group of some very odd ferrets but thankfully that wasn't in his department. *In the third book, H.P. and the Prisoner of Azkaban, there is mention of Hagrid feeding his hippogriff, Buckbeak, a large pile of dead ferrets (<this made me sad). *In the fourth book, H.P. and the Goblet of Fire, Professor "Mad Eye" Moody turns Malfoy into a "pure white" ferret and bounces him off the floor as punishment for trying to attack Harry with his back turned. Throughout all 4 of the books, Rowling used the term ferreting offten as well. I was just wondering if anyone else noticed this. Maybe Rowling has a passion for ferrets as well and she just wanted to add them here and there in her books. ***My condolences to those with lost, sick, or angeled ferts. Luv and hugs, Melinda [Posted in FML issue 3852]