This discussion is quite timely as I am reading Dragonsinger to my kids (1/2 chapter every night). Menolly has 9 fire lizards in the book. All I can say is, thank heavens our ferrets can't go between like the fire lizards can. Or carry things in their claws to hide them. Wings would be a piece of cake as long as they couldn't do that!!!! Not to mention it is a fire lizard that plays a crucial part in saving Pern from thread by going to the space ship. Can't you just see the cosmonauts on the space station with a bunch of ferrets popping in and out! Jean [Posted in FML issue 2665]