Saw a ferret on the Maury Povitch Show on Xmas day here in Dallas. The animal guy (seen on all the talk shows) whose name I don't remember brought the ferret out with a skunk. He claimed they were in the same family but made a point of calling ferret smells sweet. Compared to a skunk that is. I could not tell for sure but the ferret was either a silver mitt or an albino. Very pretty well behaved animal. Maury did not wear gloves, thank the goddess. elwin [Posted in FML issue 2168]