The Discovery show that Kelley and Michael referred to was on the series "Balance of Nature" and it was titled "(On the trail of) The Russian Mink". It was an excellent program and was rebroadcast about 1 month ago. I taped it but missed the first 2 or 3 minutes trying to get the stupid VCR to work. The program focused on the attempts to restock the endangered Russian Mink by importing American mink. Someone did not do their homework and has almost succeeded in wiping out the Russian version. Seems the breeding cycles are different and when they interbreed, the fetus's die inside the female. The show also featured the ferret and the ermine. The "weasel war dance" is indeed just like the crazy version of our ferrets but occurs after the ermine has killed its dinner. Watch for rebroadcasts. It's worth the time! [Rather like how the introduction of Canadian beaver has greatly decreased the populations of native beavers in Europe.] [Posted in FML issue 0973]