While at a friend's the other night, i looked through the F volume of a nearly twenty-year-old set of encyclopedias they bought 'for the entertainment value.' They had a very cute picture of a black-footed ferret, and some moderately accurate information about them, but with regards to the "common European" ferret they had two things to say that stuck in my memory (paraphrased, i dont have the book in front of me): "The eye color is usually red, with a variety of coat colors," and "The domestic ferret is aggressive and rarely displays affection." Now we know where the CAF&G is getting their info. :) Melissa ___ Melissa Litwicki __ [log in to unmask] ___ By the whole newsgroup devoted tennis showing it after scarfing fork and laughters [Posted in FML issue 1834]