DOMESTICATION - For those of you still debating the domestication thing, I thought you might find this interesting. It came from a friend who sent me one of those "50 Facts I Bet You Never Knew" lists. He doesn't know where it originated so I guess there's no way of verifying it. But I was kind of amused.. >13. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. I think people just go through encyclopedia-type books to find this stuff (one was that February 1965 was the only month in recorded history without a full moon -- to be untrue this month. There will be no new moon this February.) Anyway, sorry to digress. I only glanced over the ferret domestication arguments a few days back, so I don't know what the final concensus was. GIZMO - Also, thanks to those who have responded so far about Gizmo. I'll write you personally too after tonite. Giz is going to the vet to get checked. Sheesh, after a lymphoma scare in October & a vet visit then, you'd think we'd be OK for a little while. I guess Giz must like those cold hard tables. :-) Wish us luck! Aileen & the worried herd Slinky, Gizmo, Kyle, Noel, & Sandy == "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." -unknown [Posted in FML issue 2583]