Anne McCaffery must like ferets! In her book, DRAGONSDAWN, the 'settlers' to the newly colonized planet Pern, have brought a number of Earth animals with them, including the ferret. I have oft said that being owned by a ferret is very much like being impressed by a dragon....Heh..you would have to be a DRAGONRIDER fan to understand what that means. Anywho...Anne McCaffery has to be a ferret's pet! MC, The rude one [Posted in FML issue 2233]