Dayna, ah, you have an eyebrow licker! We had one whose tongue was long like that years ago. If your furry's tongue goes past the supraorbital ridge it's longer... Most of our chocolates have been mellow, and our worst go-everywhere-do-everything-outsmart-everyone ferrets have usually been mitts. I think people get certain expectations based upon earlier observations and then see what they expect to see. It's like the family members who think that our industrious niece who is working her own way through U. Tucson and managing money very carefully is irresponsible because they decided as a child that she is so they have trouble seeing how she actually panned out as a MARVELOUS young adult. Everyone of you has seen that happen... Nope, mustelids aren't viverids, or visa versa. No mongoose cousins for our guys! [Posted in FML issue 2498]