Bob writes >8. Ferrets were used during the 1800s in the United States: >A) To help supplement rations during the Civil War. Correct. This >is supported not only by the implications of game laws, but also by >personal accounts. I hope this means they were used to capture supplemental food such as rabbits, NOT that they were the supplemental food themselves! I would not think them good eating, though my husband occasionally suggests "ferret-on-a-spit" when he steps barefoot on a present left in an unexpected spot. Regarding #1, the reasons for domestication--why were ground squirrels and hamsters hunted? You mentioned the squirrels were found in prehistoric garbage heaps. Were they still food sources as late as a few hundred BC? The whole post was well done and lots of fun. I STILL think the final choices are the BEST answers! Linda Iroff Oberlin OH [Posted in FML issue 4062]