>I was contacted by a couple who wanted to adopt one of our fosters. >When I inquired about their ferret knowledge, I was informed that the >gentleman did because he was a native Argentinean (from Mendosa) where >"ferrets live in the wild." He said that ferrets are called "hurones" >there & that they grow to 15 lbs. Also that they're popular pets, but >nobody buys them. They gave me the following web pages, but I can't >read them. That's interesting...when we were in the Dominican Republic last year, we thought we saw a mink or otter run across the road, and they told us they call it a "hurone". I tried looking for it on the internet to see what exactly it was, and couldn't find anything. I wonder if they're the same... Sue [Posted in FML issue 4752]