Rebecca Stout <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Bob, I have long stated that I think (have observed) that groups >(business's) of ferrets have pecking orders and act much like packs >of wolves do. Great question, Wolfy. Now that I have a large group (fourteen, soon to be 17) I find myself quite interested in their "group dynamics" also :) I would be quite interested if Bob would take a shot at this one... Star ===== In the best of times, I hold in my mind the need to care for things beyond the self: poetry, humanity, grace. In other times, when it seems difficult merely to survive and be happy about it, the condition of my thought tastes as simple as this: let me be a good animal today. -Barbara Kingsolver, "High Tide in Tucson" ~*~*~ http://foxfoot.tripod.com/ [Posted in FML issue 3938]