A report on Mustela furo multicephalus has been found!! The California Department of Fish and Game have evidently known about Mustela furo multicephalus for some time and have made an extensive study on this unusual creature. There were a few anomalies in the study, but considering the small numbers of these animals, some anomalies can be expected. Only parts of this as yet unpublished study are shown. "....the danger to livestock is paramount. Several of these animals were observed in a hunting 'pack' amongst a herd of deer. An attempt was made to get at video footage of the kill, but didn't come to pass due to lack of available funding. Further attempts will be made shortly..." "...this animal is truly a voracious animal. With its' two heads, these ferrets take in twice the intake of normal ferrets. They are truly a danger to the Californian wildlife and must be eradicated..." "...These ferrets appear to be solitary animals, generally found in small groups of mother and kits or solitary. An occasion has arisen where a group of them was seen hunting for deer, general consensus is that they instinctively come together when large game is near so they can hunt it." "...these ferrets have only been found in bushland and areas that have a low population of people." "Several plans are in place to exterminate these animals: - Allow hunting with $10 unrestricted permits - Increase human populations in bushland/reserve areas - Label the animals as 'vermin' - Begin an anti 'multicephalus' campaign with footage of deer hunting (once the money has come in to shoot said footage) - do a poison drop in the areas these animals are found - lay kill traps along areas where these animals are found. - do poison drops just outside the areas where they're found, for when they start to move out of their territory due to the traps - lay traps outside the outside poison drop area for any that may have survived These measures may exterminate the animals as required. Some other casualties are expected, amongst which there is a possibility of some losses of the American Bald Eagle, but since these animals thrive in other areas, these losses are considered to be negligible." ----------- To see the unusual Mustela furo multicephalus drop in to http://users.1st.net/hammock/ferrets/mltcphls.htm [Posted in FML issue 2284]