Dear Ferret Folks- Awesome totally black ferret with a white chin? The Creator has provided us with a few of these, and they are called *minks*! And yes, they are remarkably handsome little beasts. I have been fortunate enough to see two of them in stretches of swampy New England forest. And before you decide that you *must* have one, know that they are not the same as ferrets. They really aren't. Here is a nice film of one beating the snots out of a coyote at least ten times it's weight. Around here they wipe out entire flocks of chickens in a night's time, not because they can eat that much chicken but because it's fun to do that much killing. I am sure that some might make sweet pets in time, but (IMHO) they belong outside doing minkly deeds. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RrJIkO8XRk Alexandra in MA [Posted in FML 6825]