Mark Said: >Now this is the domestication issue These ferrets come from domestic >stock but with this diet and the lack of any human contact the domestic >side is subdued and almost nonexistent thus what you have is a wild >ferret , if the hob I held had a chance to he would have made a meal >of my hand . By now you have heard it was not domestication (genetics, or nature), but because of learned behavior (environment, or nuture). But don't feel foolish; even Darwin mixed it up a bit himself. Even today, after a century of domestication studies, there is still debate over the nature v. nuture question. Tell you what; when I finish the "10 Myths of Diet", I'll write a "10 Myths of Domestication" series. That should answer any questions you might still have. Bob C [Posted in FML issue 3940]