In one of Frank Herbert's Dune books (not the first one) there is a reference to the Castle Ferrets. These cute carpet snakes have free roam of the castle. They are trained to "attack" intruders. Interesting... When I first read this I fell out of my chair laughing. All I could imagin were about 40 + ferrets trying to lick some poor intruder to death. ****************************************** Zonker - "Quick Scooter you go for the feet, I'll take the knees." & Scooter - "Can't we throw a bucket of Ferretone on this one first????" owners of Jalene Bowersmith E-Mail: [log in to unmask] ***************************************** [Posted in FML issue 1687]