Hi all-- I just found a great, Watership Down sort of book about English weasels fighting off an invasion of North American mink who had escaped from fur farms-- It's called Kine, by A.R. Lloyd, Hamlyn Paperbacks, Middlesex, England, 1982, ISBN 0 600 20467 7. I really enjoyed it-- although the weasel hero doesn't think terribly much of ferrets, there was loads of familiar mustelid behavior in the book! The author mentioned in a note at the end that a friend of his had raised an orphaned weasel, so he had plenty of opportunity to observe weasel behavior. That combined with a true naturalist's eye made this a very enjoyable read. I also liked that the minks, although horrid, had reasons for their rotten behavior in their unnatural captivity in fur farms and their transplantation from their natural habitat-- as it is in nature, nothing is good or bad, just seeking to ensure its own survival. An underlying theme of the book is that humans need to think before interfering. A brief quite, if BIG will permit: 'Tchk-kkk-chk,' Kine chattered as he forayed. 'I am small,' he said, 'but formidable.' ... He was indeed small. Between questing snout and tip of tail stretched exactly ten and a half inches of russet topcoat and white vest. But he was whip-spare and moved with Will-o'-the-wisp agility. 'Tchk-kkkk-chk. Let me teach you the steps of the dance of death.' I don't know how widely available this book is outside the UK, but if you can find it, I recommend it highly! Regina and the two Dandy Hounds ********************************************* Regina Harrison PhD Student, Anthropology Joint Co-ordinator, AGSEM-- McGill's TA union McGill University Montreal, Quebec "If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing" --Peggie Lee [Posted in FML issue 1751]