I have to confess that up in my attic (its in a box, haven't seen it for a few years) is something my grandmother left me. They have little heads and tails and feet, all connected, leather nose parts and glass eyes. I used to think they were minks, but I think (now that there are 11 hopping around in their room) that they could be ferrets. Too small for minks, sable colored, but a really nice sable color. Honestly, I'd never buy them. Since Grandma was alive when I got these things 18 years ago (I was a vegetarian then too!) I couldn't hurt her feelings and refuse them. She thought she was giving me something of great value that one of her husbands gave her in her youth. Considering Gramma's taste in husbands and her lack of knowledge about what might be a mink or a ferret (or should I say "fitch") I suspect this husband gifted her with the cheaper version. I also got a full length coat that I sold, which was made of something called a nutrea - a big RAT! She got that from the last husband, I think. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with my ferret scarf, except maybe auction it off to benefit a ferret shelter? Ann [Posted in FML issue 2478]