I, too, have seen the ferret in the movie and think the sound he made were extremely exaggerated. I think the idea behind that was to show the character played by Doogie Howser communicating with the animal telepathically. Perhaps the ferret's response is what you would hear if you could talk to your ferret. It is somewhat analogous to the sounds heard by dolphins. Go ferrets! [Posted in FML issue 2123]