>Opposable thumbs-- Culy doesn't have opposable thumbs, but he does have >incredibly long fingers and divergent thumbs, which I don't think ferrets >are supposed to have. Evolution in process? It certainly does give him a >power grip. I've noticed that my silver mitt, Pepper, has long fingers and an almost-opposable thumb, too. And he's *quite* the climber and hangs onto things with his "hands" in an almost-human way. Kinda scarey ... think of what they would be capable of! O_O Mine have already been trying to open my desk drawers ... when two cooperate they get them open just fine. *sigh* --Barb-- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- Barbara Carlson Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA [log in to unmask] (412) 481-5927 http://www.gsia.cmu.edu/andrew/bcarlson/home.html (under construction) Thought for the day: If "boring women have immaculate homes," I must be very interesting! -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- [Posted in FML issue 1506]